redir AIDS virus the computer virus AIDS computer virus pp semi small yes Infobox disease Name HIV Image HIV Virion en.png Caption Diagram of HIV Width 190 ICD10 B20 B24 ICD9 ICD9 042 ICD9 044 DiseasesDB ... 609423 Human immunodeficiency virus HIV is a lentivirus a member of the retrovirus family that causes ... title How does HIV cause AIDS? journal Science volume 260 issue 5112 pages 1273 9 year 1993 month May ... with HIV occurs by the transfer of blood , semen , Vaginal lubrication vaginal fluid , pre ejaculate , or breast milk . Within these bodily fluids, HIV is present as both free virus particles and virus ... baby at birth perinatal transmission . Screening of blood products for HIV has largely eliminated transmission ... world . HIV infection in humans is considered AIDS pandemic pandemic by the World Health Organization WHO . Nevertheless, complacency about HIV may play a key role in HIV risk. ref name cdc1 cite web url http www.cdc.gov hiv resources reports hiv prev us.htm title CDC HIV AIDS Resources HIV Prevention ... HIV and AIDS among Gay and Bisexual Men format PDF date accessdate 2010 07 28 ref From its discovery in 1981 to 2006, AIDS killed more than 25 million people. ref name UNAIDS2006 HIV infects about 0.6 of the world s population. ref name UNAIDS2006 cite book author Joint United Nations Programme on HIV ... on HIV AIDS year 2010 title UN report on the global AIDS epidemic 2010 chapter Overview of the global ... live with HIV in sub Saharan Africa, which is also home to 90 of the world s 16.6 million children orphan ed by HIV. ref name UNAIDS2010 Treatment with antiretroviral drug s reduces both the Mortality rate mortality and the morbidity of HIV infection. ref name Palella cite journal author Palella ... virus infection. HIV Outpatient Study Investigators journal N. Engl. J. Med. year 1998 ... in 2009. ref name UNAIDS2010 HIV infects vital cells in the human immune system such as helper ... ref HIV infection leads to low levels of CD4 SUP SUP T cells through three main mechanisms First ... more details
File HIV genome integration.png thumb HIV genome integration HIV integration is the insertion of the HIV genetic material into the genome of the infected cell. ref cite journal author Smith, Johanna A. Nunnari, Giuseppe Preuss, Mirjam Pomerantz, Roger J. Daniel, Ren Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for Human Virology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia title Pentoxifylline Suppresses Transduction by HIV 1 Based Vectors journal Intervirology volume 50 issue 5 pages 377 386 year 2007 pmid 17938572 doi 10.1159 000109752 isbn ref See also HIV Pre integration complex HIV 1 pre integration complex External links http www.mcld.co.uk hiv ?q preintegration 20complex References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Hiv Integration Category Microbiology Category Viruses virus stub ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Refimprove date November 2008 HIV exceptionalism is the term given to the trend ... transmitted , infectious, lethal diseases in law and policy. HIV exceptionalists emphasize the human ... . They also believe that all people seeking an HIV test always require special services, such as counseling with every HIV test, special informed consent paperwork, and guaranteed anonymity in public health reporting. In many places, it is illegal to disclose HIV test results over the phone ..., and awareness about HIV AIDS stigma and discrimination evolves, more scholars are arguing for an end to HIV exceptionalism. ref cite book title Medical Ethics first Robert M. last Veatch publisher Jones & Bartlett Publishers year 1997 isbn 0867209747 page 399 ref HIV exceptionalism in testing increases bureaucratic burden, reduces the availability of HIV testing, and stigmatizes it as something special instead of a normal part of healthcare. HIV exceptionalism is the term given to the treatment in law and policy of HIV AIDS as different from other diseases, including other sexually transmitted, infectious, and lethal diseases. HIV exceptionalists believe that despite advances in HIV disease treatment, there is compelling evidence that the social stigma associated with HIV and AIDS continues to result in frequent discrimination against and rejection of people with HIV AIDS. Discrimination against persons with HIV typically originates with irrational fears about casual transmission of HIV ... injection drug users of illegal narcotics . HIV positive victims of discrimination continue to experience ... in many regions of the US and the world specifically because of their HIV status. Many HIV positive ... because of their serostatus. Many HIV positive people report recent experiences of rejection .... AIDS exceptionalists emphasize the human rights of people living with HIV AIDS, in particular ... believe that people seeking an HIV test require services such as pre test counseling including ... more details
HIV superinfection is a condition in which a person with established human immunodeficiency virus infection acquires a second strain of the virus. ref name pmid15995957 cite journal author Smith DM, Richman DD, Little SJ title HIV superinfection journal J. Infect. Dis. volume 192 issue 3 pages 438 44 year 2005 month August pmid 15995957 doi 10.1086 431682 url http www.journals.uchicago.edu cgi bin resolve?JID34381 accessdate 2008 06 20 ref The second strain co exists with the first and may cause more rapid disease progression or carry resistance to medicines. As of 2005 there were 16 cases reported in the worldwide literature ref name pmid15995957 , though given the high cost and relative rarity of phylogenetic screening, this number may not reflect the entire population of superinfected individuals. ref http www.aidsmap.com HIV superinfection may cause increasing viral loads and a second seroconversion illness page 1434075 ref People with HIV risk superinfection by the same actions that would place a non infected person at risk of acquiring HIV. These include sharing needles and forgoing condoms with HIV positive sexual partners. See also AIDS References references Category HIV AIDS immunology stub es Superinfecci n de VIH tr HIV s perenfeksiyonu ... more details
Image Rev mediated HIV mRNA transport.png thumb 250px Rev mediated HIV mRNA transport. Rev red binds the Rev response element RRE, blue to mediate export of unspliced and singly spliced mRNA from the nucleus to the cytoplasm. Rev is a HIV gene . ref MeshName Rev Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus ref ref MeshName Genes, Rev ref The name rev stands for Regulator of Virion Expression . Function The gene s protein product allows fragments of HIV mRNA that contain a HIV Rev response element Rev Response Element RRE to be exported from the nucleus to the cytoplasm. Image HIV genome.png thumb 250px HIV genome In the absence of the rev gene, the Host biology host RNA splicing machinery in the nucleus quickly splices the RNA so that only the regulatory proteins Rev and Tat and the accessory protein Nef can be produced. In the presence of rev , RNA is exported from the nucleus before it can be spliced, so that the structural proteins and RNA genome can be produced. This mechanism allows a positive feedback loop to allow HIV to overwhelm the host s defenses, and provides time dependent regulation of Viral replication replication . ref name Strebel cite journal author Strebel K title Virus host interactions role of HIV proteins Vif, Tat, and Rev journal AIDS volume 17 Suppl 4 issue pages S25 34 year 2003 pmid 15080177 url doi 10.1097 00002030 200317004 00003 ref References reflist virus stub Viral proteins Category HIV AIDS Category Viral proteins es Rev prote na viral fr Prot ine Rev it Rev proteina ... more details
Image HIV genome.png thumb 402px HIV genome Pol refers to a gene in retrovirus es, or the protein produced by that gene. Products of pol include Reverse transcriptase main Reverse transcriptase Common to all retroviruses, this enzyme transcribes the viral RNA into double stranded DNA . Integrase main Integrase This enzyme retroviral integration integrates the DNA produced by reverse transcriptase into the host s genome. Protease main HIV 1 protease A protease is any enzyme that cuts proteins into segments. HIV s gag and pol genes do not produce their proteins in their final form, but as larger combination proteins the specific protease used by HIV cleaves these into separate functional units. Antiretroviral drug Protease inhibitors PIs Protease inhibitor drugs block this step. See also Gag pol translational readthrough site External links MeshName Gene Products, pol MeshName pol Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus virus stub Viral proteins Category Viral proteins ... more details
HIV prevention refers to practices done to prevent the spread of HIV . HIV prevention practices may be done ..., or may be instituted by governments or other organizations as public health policies. History of HIV ... of HIV prevention journal The Lancet volume online issue pages 7 publisher doi 10.1016 S0140 6736 ... pmid 11396444 ref In May 1983, scientists isolated a retrovirus which was later called HIV from an AIDS ... was proposed to be caused by HIV, and people began to consider prevention of HIV as a strategy for preventing ... thousands of people worldwide becoming infected with HIV. ref name historychallenge In many countries ... HIV existed were present outside of concentrated populations. ref name historychallenge In 1987 the United ... drugs to treat HIV. ref cite web url http www.actupny.org documents 1stFlyer.html title ACT ... HIV positive. ref cite news url http www.guardian.co.uk world 2003 jan 03 aids.rorycarroll print title ... involved in HIV issues worldwide. In Swaziland the government chose not to immediately address ... to similarly be described as participating in the effort to prevent HIV actively or less actively. There came to be international discussion about why HIV rates in Africa were so high, because if the cause ... that HIV in Africa was widespread because of unsafe medical practices which somehow transferred ... 2003 statement5 en title Expert group stresses that unsafe sex is primary mode of transmission of HIV ... 14 March 2003 accessdate 2 July 2011 ref In response to the rising HIV rates, Cardinal Catholicism ... is the use of condoms immoral, but also that condoms were ineffective in preventing HIV. ref ... community, who were trying to promote condom use as a way to prevent the spread of HIV. ref cite news ... in HIV infection due to injection drug use. Efforts were renewed to prevent HIV ... and UNAIDS that a once daily antiretroviral tablet could significantly reduce the risk of HIV ... new results showing that a once daily pill for HIV negative people can prevent them from acquiring HIV ... more details
Update date March 2011 An HIV vaccine that protects vaccination vaccinated individuals from HIV infection is the goal of many HIV research programmes. Currently, there is no effective vaccine against HIV ... antibodies MAb has proven that the human body can defend itself against HIV, and certain individuals remain asymptomatic for decades after HIV infection. Potential candidates for antibodies and early ... of the search for a vaccine against HIV stems from the AIDS related death toll of over 25 million ... publisher World Health Organization author Joint United Nations Programme on HIV AIDS UNAIDS month ... antiretroviral therapy HAART has been highly beneficial to many HIV infected individuals since ... not cure the patient of HIV, nor of the symptoms of AIDS. And, importantly, HAART does nothing to prevent the spread of HIV through people with undiagnosed HIV infections. Introduction of safer ..., an HIV vaccine is generally considered as the most likely, and perhaps the only way by which the AIDS pandemic can be halted. However, after over 20 years of research, nowrap HIV 1 remains a difficult target for a vaccine. Difficulties in developing an HIV vaccine In 1984, after the confirmation ... in the case of HIV 1. Some have stated that an HIV vaccine may not be possible without significant theoretical advances. ref name pmid18441377 cite journal author Watkins DI title Basic HIV Vaccine Development journal Top HIV Med volume 16 issue 1 pages 7 8 year 2008 pmid 18441377 doi url http www.iasusa.org ... development of an HIV vaccine to differ from the development of other classic vaccines ref A. S. Fauci, 1996, An HIV vaccine breaking the paradigms, Proc. Am. Assoc. Phys. 108 6. ref Classic ... there are HIV Treatments in development almost no recovered AIDS patients. Most vaccines protect against disease, not against infection HIV infection may remain latent for long periods before causing AIDS. Most effective vaccines are whole killed or live attenuated organisms killed HIV 1 does ... more details
Infobox Film name Miss HIV image Misshiv.png writer Jim Hanon director Jim Hanon producer Mart Green distributor flagicon US EthnoGraphic Media and worldwide with exceptions released August 26, 2008 runtime 88 min. country USA language English budget United States dollar 750,000 music Jason Moore br Kirk Whalum Miss HIV is a feature length Documentary film documentary by Ethnographic Media, released to DVD on August 26, 2008. Written and directed by Jim Hanon Beyond the Gates of Splendor , End of the Spear , and produced by Mart Green , the film explores the international collision of HIV AIDS policies while following the journey of two HIV positive women who enter a pageant in Botswana . What is happening in Botswana, where half of all pregnant women are HIV positive, is set contrasted with the past successes of Uganda , which has experienced one of the largest reductions in HIV infections ever recorded. Inspiration According to Hanon, HIV AIDS is an almost unimaginable tragedy that everyone acknowledges at some level but Hanon believes it is largely compartmentalized by those Westerners who have no direct experience with the disease. Hanon wanted to find out why, unlike previous pandemic s, people are still dying of a preventable disease. He traveled to the International AIDS Conference in Toronto and found that answering that question meant addressing the issue of controlling sexual behaviors and moral judgement, which is already a point of conflict between many church and homosexual ..., and ideology. Hanon felt that the Miss HIV pageant in Botswana was a place to explore these questions. Individuals featured Elizabeth Romolale HIV Positive contestant br Gaelebale Thabang HIV Positive ... br Martin Ssempa Filming Miss HIV was filmed on location across sub Saharan Africa and at the International ... http www.misshiv.com Miss HIV Official Film Site http www.monitor.co.ug artman publish its friday Miss HIV A pageant with a purpose 69523.shtml Daily Monitor Article http www.lifesitenews.com ldn 2008 ... more details
publicly tested for HIV in Ethiopia in an effort to reduce the stigma of being tested. ref http www10.breaknews.com .... ref HIV tests are used to detect the presence of the human immunodeficiency virus HIV , the virus that causes ... infection until a test can detect any change. The average window period with HIV 1 antibody tests ... Immunodeficiency Virus HIV and Hepatitis C Virus HCV Dead link date July 2009 , http web.archive.org ... of the results that will be positive when HIV is present Specificity tests specificity The percentage of the results that will be negative when HIV is not present. All diagnostic tests have limitations ... incorrectly indicates that HIV is present in a non infected person. False negative The test incorrectly indicates that HIV is absent in an infected person. Nonspecific reactions, hypergammaglobulinemia ... similar to HIV can produce false positive results. Autoimmune diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus ... blood and tissue must provide a high degree of confidence that HIV will be detected if present that is, a high ... that, As of 2000 lc on , inadequate blood screening had resulted in 1 million new HIV infections ... with an ELISA test for HIV 1 and HIV 2, as well as a nucleic acid test. Citation needed date March ... acquired HIV in the U.S. was approximately one in 2.5 million for each transfusion. ref http ... Sound Blood Center. Accessed 5 Oct 2006. ref Diagnosis of HIV infection Tests used for the diagnosis of HIV infection in a particular person require a high degree of both Sensitivity tests sensitivity ... two tests for HIV antibodies. If antibodies are detected by an initial test based on the ELISA ... . Human rights The UNAIDS WHO policy statement on HIV Testing states that conditions under which people undergo HIV testing must be anchored in a human rights approach that pays due respect to medical ... policy statement on HIV Testing PDF , accessed 5 Oct 2006. ref According to these principles, the conduct of HIV testing of individuals must be Confidential Accompanied by counseling for those who ... more details
About male circumcision and HIV female circumcision and HIV Female genital cutting HIV Over forty epidemiological studies have been conducted to investigate the relationship between male circumcision and HIV ... How does male circumcision protect against HIV infection? journal BMJ volume 320 issue 7249 pages ... about whether circumcision could be used as a AIDS Prevention prevention method against HIV . ref ... title Circumcision and HIV infection review of the literature and meta analysis journal International ... www.cirp.org library disease HIV vanhowe4 accessdate 2008 09 23 quote Thirty five articles and a number ... male circumcision and HIV infection. Study designs have included geographical analysis, studies of high ... HIV than a man with a non circumcised penis odds ratio OR 1.06, 95 confidence interval ... measure to prevent HIV infection in Africa, or elsewhere, is scientifically unfounded. ref ... Circumcision in men and the prevention of HIV infection a meta analysis revisited journal International ... that male circumcision may offer protection against HIV infection, particularly in high risk groups where genital ulcers and other STDs drive the HIV epidemic. A systematic review is required to clarify ... of the continued high prevalence and incidence of HIV in many countries in sub Saharan Africa, the question ... first Nandi title Male circumcision for prevention of heterosexual acquisition of HIV in men journal ... of male circumcision on HIV acquisition in heterosexual men. The results from existing observational studies show a strong epidemiological association between male circumcision and prevention of HIV, especially ... of sexually transmitted HIV. pmid 12917962 ref ref cite journal last Weiss first HA authorlink coauthors Quigley MA, Hayes RJ. year 2000 month Oct 20 title Male circumcision and risk of HIV infection ... reduced risk of HIV infection among men in sub Saharan Africa, particularly those at high risk of HIV. These results suggest that consideration should be given to the acceptability and feasibility ... more details
HIV tropism refers to the cell type that the human immunodeficiency virus HIV infects and replicates in. HIV tropism of a patient s virus is measured by the Trofile assay . HIV can infect a variety of cell biology cell s such as Helper T cell CD4 helper T cells and macrophage s that express the CD4 molecule on their surface. HIV 1 entry to macrophages and T helper cells is mediated not only through interaction of the virion envelope glycoproteins gp120 with the CD4 molecule on the target cells but also with its chemokine coreceptors. Macrophage M tropic strains of HIV 1, or non syncitia inducing strains NSI use the beta chemokine receptor CCR5 for entry and are thus able to replicate in macrophages and CD4 T cells ref name Coakley cite journal author Coakley, E., Petropoulos, C. J. and Whitcomb, J. M. title Assessing chemokine co receptor usage in HIV journal Curr. Opin. Infect. Dis. year 2005 pages 9 15 volume 18 issue 1 pmid 15647694 doi 10.1097 00001432 200502000 00003 ref . These strains are now called R5 viruses ref name classification cite journal pmid 9440686 year 1998 last1 Berger first1 EA last2 Doms first2 RW last3 Feny first3 EM last4 Korber first4 BT last5 Littman first5 DR last6 Moore first6 JP last7 Sattentau first7 QJ last8 Schuitemaker first8 H last9 Sodroski first9 J title A new classification for HIV 1. volume 391 issue 6664 pages 240 doi 10.1038 34571 journal Nature ref . The normal ligand s for this receptor, RANTES , macrophage inflammatory protein MIP 1 beta and MIP 1 alpha, are able to suppress HIV 1 infection in vitro . This CCR5 coreceptor is used by almost all primary HIV 1 isolates regardless of viral genetic subtype. T tropic isolates, or syncitia inducing SI strains replicate in primary CD4 T cells as well as in macrophages and use the alpha ... , suppresses replication of T tropic HIV 1 isolates. It does this by down regulating the expression ... infection. ref name Coakley References Reflist AIDS DEFAULTSORT Hiv Tropism Category HIV ... more details
Refimprove date June 2008 Taxobox color violet name Human immunodeficiency virus image HIV SIV phylogenetic tree.svg image width 180px image caption Phylogenetic Tree of the SIV and HIV viruses. virus ... BF00163230 url ref HIV can be divided into two major types, HIV type 1 HIV 1 and HIV type 2 HIV 2 . HIV 1 is related to viruses found in chimpanzee s and gorilla s living in western Africa, while HIV 2 viruses are related to viruses found in sooty mangabey s. ref name doi10.1101 cshperspect.a006841 cite doi 10.1101 cshperspect.a006841 ref HIV 1 viruses may be further divided into groups. The HIV ... or are resistant to different medications. Likewise, HIV 2 viruses are thought to be less virulent and transmissible than HIV 1 M group viruses, although HIV 2 is known to cause AIDS. Major types HIV 1 HIV 1 is the most common and pathogenic strain of the virus. Scientists divide HIV 1 into a major ... Group M With M for major , this is by far the most common type of HIV, with more than 90 of HIV AIDS cases deriving from infection with HIV 1 group M. The M group is subdivided further into clades ... journal author Bobkov AF, Kazennova EV, Selimova LM, et al. title Temporal trends in the HIV 1 epidemic ... hivtypes.htm Introduction to HIV types, groups and subtypes. March 3, 2008. Retrieved May 25, 2008 ... Global and regional distribution of HIV 1 genetic subtypes and recombinants in 2004. journal AIDS ... to be found. ref http www.avert.org hivtypes.htm HIV types, subtypes, groups & strains Bot generated title ref Image HIV 1 subtype prevalence in 2002.png thumb 300px left HIV 1 subtype prevalence in 2002 ... G. Devare, Catherine A. Brennan title Identification of HIV Type 1 Group N Infections in a Husband ... Africa. It is reportedly most common in Cameroon, where a 1997 survey found that about 2 of HIV ... distribution of HIV 1 group O viruses in Africa journal AIDS volume 11 issue 4 pages 493 8 year ... because it could not be detected by early versions of the HIV 1 test kits. More advanced HIV tests ... more details
Image HIV genome.png thumb 402px HIV genome Tat is an HIV gene. ref MeshName tat Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus ref ref MeshName Genes, tat ref Tat stands for Trans Activator of Transcription genetics Transcription . Tat consists of between 86 and 101 amino acids depending on the subtype. ref Jeang, K. T. 1996 In Human Retroviruses and AIDS http hiv.lanl.gov content hiv db COMPENDIUM 1996 PART III 1.pdf A Compilation and Analysis of Nucleic Acid and Amino Acid Sequences. Los Alamos National Laboratory Ed. pp. III 3 III 18 ref Function Tat vastly increases the level of transcription of the HIV dsRNA. Before Tat is present, a small number of RNA transcripts will be made, which allow the Tat protein to be produced. Tat then binds to cellular factors and mediates their phosphorylation, resulting in increased transcription of all HIV genes, ref name pmid11145967 cite journal author ... jbc.M010908200 url ref providing a positive feedback cycle. This in turn allows HIV to have an explosive .... Tat also appears to play a more direct role in the HIV disease process. The protein is released by infected cells in culture, and is found in the blood of HIV 1 infected patients. ref name pmid11027346 ... by Tat implications for in vivo expansion of coreceptor use by HIV 1 journal Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci ... pnas.97.21.11466 url ref It can be absorbed by cells that are not infected with HIV, and can act directly ..., Loret EP title The glutamine rich region of the HIV 1 Tat protein is involved in T cell apoptosis ... the reproduction of less virulent M tropic macrophage tropic strains of HIV which use the CCR5 receptor ... 3 kinase to CD28 inhibits HIV transcription by a Tat dependent mechanism journal ... be of use in the treatment of HIV infections. ref name pmid16137881 cite journal author Bedoya LM, Beltr n M, Sancho R, et al. title 4 Phenylcoumarins as HIV transcription inhibitors journal Bioorg. Med ... reflist 2 Viral proteins virus stub Category HIV AIDS Category Viral proteins es Tat it Tat proteina ... more details
As of 2009, it is estimated that there are 33.3 million people worldwide infected with HIV . ref name avert cite web title Worldwide AIDS & HIV Statistics url http www.avert.org worldstats.htm work AVERT date 31 December 2009 accessdate 26 January 2011 ref HIV AIDS prevalence rates in South America vary ... title CIA World Factbook HIV AIDS adult prevalence rate url https www.cia.gov library publications the world factbook rankorder 2155rank.html year 2011 accessdate 2011 ref HIV AIDS in Argentina According ... . ref name cia HIV AIDS in Bolivia According to the CIA World Factbook in 2011, as of 2007, the adult prevalence rate is estimated to be 0.20 . ref name cia HIV AIDS in Brazil According to the CIA ... HIV AIDS in Chile According to the CIA World Factbook in 2011, as of 2007, the adult prevalence rate in Chile is estimated to be 0.30 . ref name cia HIV AIDS in Colombia According to the CIA World Factbook in 2011, as of 2007, the adult prevalence rate is estimated to be 0.60 . ref name cia HIV AIDS ... is estimated to be 0.30 . ref name cia HIV AIDS in French Guiana Empty section date June 2011 HIV AIDS in Guyana As of 2011 the adult prevalence rate in Guyana is estimated to be 1 . ref name cia ... been reduced locally to 1 between 2009 2010 ref HIV AIDS in Bonaire Empty section date June 2011 HIV ... is estimated to be 1.00 . ref name cia HIV AIDS in Paraguay According to the CIA World Factbook in 2011, as of 2007, the adult prevalence rate is estimated to be 0.60 . ref name cia HIV AIDS in Peru According ... . ref name cia HIV AIDS in Suriname As of 2007, the adult prevalence rate is estimated to be 2.40 . ref name cia HIV AIDS in Trinidad and Tobago As for 2007, the adult prevalence rate is estimated to be 1.50 . ref name cia HIV AIDS in Uruguay As of 2007, the adult prevalence rate is estimated to be 0.60 . ref name cia HIV AIDS in Venezuela As of 2001, the adult prevalence rate is estimated to be 0.70 . ref name cia See also HIV AIDS in Africa HIV AIDS in Asia HIV AIDS in Europe HIV AIDS in North ... more details
HIV Drug Resistance Database , also known as Stanford HIV RT and Protease Sequence Database is a database at Stanford University that tracks 93 common mutations of HIV. It has been recompiled in 2008 listing 93 common mutations, after its initial mutation compilation in 2007 of 80 mutations. The latest list utilizes data from other laboratories in Europe, Canada and the United States to include more than 15,000 sequences from untreated individuals. ref http www.physorg.com news155558471.html Physorg New Stanford list of HIV mutations vital to tracking AIDS epidemic ref See also Subtypes of HIVHIV Drug Resistance References reflist External links http hivdb.stanford.edu HIV Drug Resistance Database HIV AIDS Category HIV AIDS research institutes Category Medical databases Category Epidemiology Category Stanford University ... more details
that there are 1.5 million adults and children living with HIV AIDS in North America , excluding Central America and the Caribbean. ref name avert cite web title Worldwide AIDS & HIV Statistics ... America and the Caribbean die from AIDS every year. ref name avert HIV AIDS prevalence rates in North ... Intelligence Agency title CIA World Factbook HIV AIDS adult prevalence rate url https www.cia.gov library publications the world factbook rankorder 2155rank.html year 2011 accessdate 2011 ref HIV AIDS in Antigua and Barbuda Empty section date June 2011 HIV AIDS in The Bahamas As of 2007, the adult prevalence rate is estimated to be 3.00 . ref name cia HIV AIDS in Barbados As of 2007, the adult prevalence rate is estimated to be 1.20 . ref name cia HIV AIDS in Belize As of 2007, the adult prevalence rate is estimated to be 2.10 . ref name cia HIV AIDS in Canada As of 2007, the adult prevalence rate is estimated to be 0.40 . ref name cia HIV AIDS in Costa Rica As of 2007, the adult prevalence rate is estimated to be 0.40 . ref name cia HIV AIDS in Cuba As of 2007, the adult prevalence rate is estimated to be 0.10 . ref name cia HIV AIDS in Dominican Republic As of 2007, the adult prevalence rate is estimated to be 1.10 . ref name cia HIV AIDS in El Salvador As of 2007, the adult prevalence rate is estimated to be 0.80 . ref name cia HIV AIDS in Grenada Empty section date June 2011 HIV AIDS in Guatemala As of 2007, the adult prevalence rate is estimated to be 0.80 . ref name cia HIV AIDS in Haiti As of 2007, the adult prevalence rate is estimated to be 2.20 . ref name cia HIV AIDS in Honduras As of 2007, the adult prevalence rate is estimated to be 0.70 . ref name cia HIV AIDS in Jamaica As of 2007, the adult prevalence rate is estimated to be 1.60 . ref name cia HIV AIDS in Mexico As of 2007, the adult prevalence rate is estimated to be 0.30 . ref name cia HIV AIDS in Nicaragua As of 2007, the adult prevalence rate is estimated to be 0.20 . ref name cia HIV AIDS in Panama ... more details
against people with HIV AIDS.png thumb right 400px div align center style font size 120 line height 1.2 World map of travel & residence restrictions against people with HIV AIDS div Legend br ... legend 0066FF No specific entry or regulation legend ABABAB No information about this country HIV positive people are people who have the human immunodeficiency virus HIV , the agent of the currently ..., the term most often applied to people who are HIV positive is People Living With HIV AIDS . This is often ... ref The largest and oldest of the worldwide networks of people living with HIV is the Global Network of People Living With HIV AIDS GNP , which has affiliate networks on every continent. Currently, UNAIDS estimates the number of people living with HIV at over 40,000,000. However, fewer than 20 of them are actually aware of the infection. Infection with HIV is determined by an HIV test . HIV ..., fear based HIV prevention campaigns can intensify the stigma against HIV positive individuals. In recent years, the rights of HIV positive people have been a major source of debate and controversy. Citation needed date April 2008 On January 20, 2004, the Bombay High Court ruled that HIV positive people cannot be denied jobs because they are HIV positive. Doing so infringes their constitutional ... UNAIDS International Lesbian and Gay Association ILGA List of HIV positive people References Reflist External links HIV travel restrictions and retreats http plhiv.org http www.ilga.org ILGA.org ... in the world against people infected by HIV or in AIDS diseases. http doc.ilga.org ilga publications other publications hiv aids regulations HIV AIDS Regulations The yearly information report for travellers with HIV AIDS. http www.aidsmap.com AIDSmap information portal on AIDS and the associated ... Survey about discriminations against people living with HIV, 2005 SIDA Information Service , France ... VIH holders. AIDS Category People with HIV AIDS es virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana Epidemiolog a ... more details
The number of adults and children living with HIV AIDS in Benin in 2003 was estimated by the Joint United Nations Programme for HIV AIDS UNAIDS to range between 38,000 and 120,000, with nearly equal numbers ... the number of people living with HIV AIDS to be 71,950. In 2003, an estimated 6,140 adults and children died of AIDS. Benin has a well functioning system of antenatal HIV surveillance in 2002, the median HIV prevalence at 36 antenatal clinics was 1.9 . Another study in 2002 showed an overall prevalence ... MTCT are the primary modes of HIV transmission in Benin. HIV prevalence is relatively low compared with rates in most other countries in sub Saharan Africa , but the HIV virus is spreading steadily among young adults and vulnerable populations. In a 2002 study, an HIV prevalence of 44.7 was found among sex worker s in four urban areas. In 2002, another study showed that HIV among sex workers in Cotonou .... ref name usaid At the end of 2003, approximately 5,700 children aged 14 or younger were living with HIV AIDS, mainly as a result of MTCT of HIV. At the end of 2003, nearly 34,000 children under age ... of HIV and modes of transmission and prevention is widespread in Benin, prevention communication efforts have not led to a corresponding shift in behavior. The rising incidence of HIV is due primarily ... against HIV AIDS. National funding for HIV AIDS activities, derived from the federal budget and debt ... 2001 2005, Benin is nearing the end of its fourth intermediate national strategy to control HIV AIDS. The plan calls for promoting greater awareness of HIV AIDS through a variety of public information ... efforts are aimed at youth, women, migrants, sex workers, and persons living with HIV AIDS. Benin receives multinational support for HIV AIDS activities from the United States the five country, World Bank led HIV AIDS Abidjan Lagos Transport Corridor project the World Health Organization WHO 3x5 ... usaid See also AIDS pandemic HIV AIDS in Africa References reflist Africa topic HIV AIDS in AIDS Category ... more details
With less than 1 percent of the population estimated to be HIV positive, Egypt is a low HIV prevalence ... 1,155 people living with HIV AIDS PLWHA in Egypt by the end of 2007. UNAIDS estimates for 2005 were higher, putting the number of HIV positive Egyptians at 5,300. ref name usaid http www.usaid.gov ... reported its first case of HIV AIDS in 1986. Among officially reported cases, Heterosexuality heterosexual ... Narcotic drug use accounted for 2.9 percent of HIV infections and mother to child transmission for 1.6 percent 5.2 percent are from unknown causes. Males are four times more likely to have HIV ... to HIV in Egypt include street children , prison ers, and refugee s. Results of the United States ... low prevalence of HIV AIDS. There is a general reluctance on the part of the government and civil society ... millions of tourist s and refugees from countries with high HIV prevalence and or illicit drug use rates. In addition, there are pervasive fears and stigmatization of HIV AIDS and a lack of effective Sexually transmitted disease STI HIV AIDS education programs and other preventive measures, such as peer ... 1 percent of adult TB patients are HIV positive. However, continued monitoring is necessary because an increase in the incidence of HIV TB co infection could add to the complexity of fighting both ... governmental body responsible for HIV AIDS prevention. The National Strategic Plan 2006 2010 ... of HIV AIDS and improve health care services for those infected or affected by the disease. The Plan s objectives are Strengthen HIV AIDS surveillance Build capacity for an expanded HIV AIDS response Increase HIV AIDS awareness Develop outreach and peer education programs for vulnerable groups Expand voluntary counseling and testing VCT services and Improve quality of life for HIV AIDS infected ... involved in the fight against HIV AIDS. The government integrated HIV AIDS into preparatory and secondary ... to provide antiretroviral therapy ART for HIV AIDS patients free of charge. By the end of 2006 ... more details
HIV AIDS was first detected in Canada in 1982 . By 2005 , there were approximately 58,000 people living with HIV AIDS, ref cite web url http www.phac aspc.gc.ca aids sida research index eng.php title The State of the HIV AIDS Pandemic work Public Health Agency of Canada accessdate 2010 01 05 ref with an estimated 15,000 unaware of their positive status. The total number of infections has increased by about 2,500 per year, but Mortality rate mortality has decreased due to medical advances against HIV AIDS, especially Antiretroviral drug Combination therapy highly active antiretroviral therapy HAART . The largest group of those newly infected is homosexual gay men. Women have accounted for 27 of new cases and now making up 20 of all cases. HIV AIDS prevalence is increasing most rapidly amongst aboriginal Canadians , with 9 of new infections in 2005 . ref cite news url http www.cbc.ca news background aids title CBC News In Depth AIDS work CBC.ca accessdate 2008 12 01 date 2008 12 01 ref . A three country study of HIV diagnoses between 1999 and 2008 showed higher HIV rates from heterosexual ... of HIV diagnoses among aboriginal people in Canada than in Australia and New Zealand. ref http akneahr.ciet.org publications HIVandAIDS HIV and AIDS in Aboriginal Communities . Anisnabe Kekendazone ... Smith L, Kaldor JM, Andersson N 2011 . http www.anac.on.ca Documents HIVHIV 203C 20near 20final.pdf HIV diagnoses in indigenous peoples comparison of Australia, Canada and New Zealand . International ... HIV AIDS in Canada to provide funding for preventive medicine prevention and support programmes ... title HIV AIDS Infectious Diseases work Public Health Agency of Canada accessdate 2010 01 04 ref See also Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research HIV AIDS in North America References Reflist North America topic HIV AIDS in AIDS DEFAULTSORT Hiv Aids In Canada Category Health in Canada Category HIV AIDS in Canada Canada ja HIV AIDS ... more details
Kenya has a severe, generalized HIV epidemic, but in recent years, the country has experienced a notable decline in HIV prevalence, attributed in part to significant behavioral change and increased access to ART . National adult HIV prevalence is estimated to have fallen from 10 percent in the late 1990s to about 6.1 percent in 2005. Women face considerably higher risk of HIV infection than men, and also experience a shorter life expectancy due to HIV AIDS . The 7th edition of AIDS in Kenya reports an HIV prevalence rate of eight percent in adult women and four percent in adult men. Populations in Kenya especially at risk include injecting drug users and people in prostitution, whose prevalence rates are estimated at 53 percent and 27 percent, respectively. ref name us http www.pepfar.gov pepfar press 81596.htm 2008 Country Profile Kenya . U.S. Department of State 2008 . PD notice ref Kenya is in a transitional period, with a government seeking to restructure many elements of the state. This context offers clear opportunities, but also many constraints for controlling HIV AIDS. Human capacity development is a major concern and all partners are working to improve capabilities and human resource management systems to enable people to respond effectively to HIV AIDS. Kenya has a large number of qualified, unemployed health care workers. The key to success will be developing effective mechanisms to engage these trained staff. In addition, efforts to employ auxiliary staff, such as adherence counselors and outreach workers, are a high priority. Treatment literacy is very low, which contributes to the high levels of stigma among health workers and the general population. Furthermore, for those who are receiving ART, systematic monitoring and evaluation is lacking. ref name us See also AIDS pandemic HIV AIDS in Africa References reflist Africa topic HIV AIDS in AIDS Category HIV AIDS in Africa Kenya Category HIV AIDS by country Kenya Category Health in Kenya ... more details
File New hiv infections 1986 2008.jpg thumb right upright 1.5 Total Number of new HIV infections and AIDS death for each year between 1986 and June 2008, by gender File Percentage of new hiv infection per state in 2006 2008.jpg thumb right upright 1.5 Number of new infections and percentage of new infections per State population in 2006,2007 and 2008 File Mode of transmission from 2006 to 2008.jpg thumb right upright 1.5 Modes of HIV transmission in 2006, 2007 and 2008 Malaysia Malaysian HIV AIDS cases have been reporting since 1986 by the Ministry of Health. Since then, 84,630 confirmed HIV infected cases and 11,384 deaths have been reported as at the last day of 2008. Adults aged between 20 and 39 accounted for more than half of the new HIV infections. Among all the transmission methods of virus, injecting drug use contributes the most, followed by heterosexual and homosexual homo bisexual intercourse. Males still make up the majority of new HIV cases, but the number of women with positive status of HIV has been increasing. Female represented 9.5 of all new cases in 2000, 10.8 in 2004 and 19.1 in 2008. ref http www.mac.org.my ref Local Support Main Malaysian AIDS Council Malaysian AIDS Council MAC is a Malaysian non profit organisation with a mission to represent, mobilise and strengthen non governmental organisations and communities who were working with HIV AIDS issues. Asia topic HIV AIDS in AIDS References Reflist External links http www.mac.org.my Malaysian AIDS Council http www.dph.gov.my aids index.html Department of Public Ministry of Health Malaysia Section of AIDS STD, Division of Disease Control Category Health in Malaysia Category HIV AIDS by country Malaysia ... more details
File HIV Prevention Trials Network logo.gif thumb right HPTN logo The HIV Prevention Trials Network known as HPTN is an international organization that develops and tests the safety and efficacy of primarily non vaccine interventions designed to prevent the transmission of HIV . The HPTN is a member organization of Office of HIV AIDS Network Coordination HANC . HPTN 052 main HPTN 052 HPTN 052 is the name of a clinical trial conducted by the HPTN. This study found a relationship between HIV prevention and AIDS treatment . Science journal Science named this study as the 2011 breakthrough of the year . ref cite web url http www.niaid.nih.gov news newsreleases 2011 Pages HPTN052Breakthrough.aspx title HIV Study Named 2011 Breakthrough of the Year by Science first last work niaid.nih.gov year 2011 last update accessdate 24 December 2011 ref References reflist External links official http www.hptn.org Category International health organizations med org stub ... more details
primarysources date December 2010 refimprove date December 2010 File Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation.jpg thumb Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation The Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation DTHF is a nonprofit organization founded to provide treatment for and conduct research relating to HIV . It is based in Cape Town , South Africa and is managed with the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre at the University of Cape Town . The Foundation operates community sites throughout greater Cape Town, providing treatment, testing, and outreach ... Tutu HIV Foundation began as the HIV Research Unit based in New Somerset Hospital in the early ... living with HIV. History The Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation DTHF founded by Robin Wood clinician Robin ... HIV and tuberculosis treatment, prevention, and training to the most affected populations in the South ... History author date work publisher Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation accessdate 10 December 2010 ref .... Projects File Archbishop Desmond Tutu gets an HIV test on The Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation s Tutu ... Tutu gets an HIV test on The Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation s Tutu Tester, a mobile test unit that brings healthcare right to your doorstep The DTHF s projects include support programs for HIV positive youth, distance learning training manuals and education, clinical support by HIV positive counselors ..., and two colorful mobile HIV testing units called Tutu Testers. The DTHF has set up adult and youth ... of the studies the DTHF undertakes its sites. The Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation head ... exposure prophylaxis for HIV infection. The IPrEx study recruited participants from six countries ... HIV Foundation for recruitment in South Africa. Recognition In 2009 Linda Gail Bekker won the Royal Society Pfizer Award for the research she did at the DTHF concerning HIV and tuberculosis coinfections ... 2010 ref References reflist External links http www.desmondtutuhivcentre.org.za Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation Category Non profit organisations based in South Africa Category HIV AIDS research institutes ... more details
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