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A 34 years old male diagnosed with AIDs. The test result for HIV was…
A 34 years old male diagnosed with AIDs. The test result for HIV was positive a year ago, and no symptoms are shown.
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Indirect Factors
Opened wound, sharing same needle with HIV positive person.
Downstream effect
HIV only target specific type of immune system cell (T cell)
When T cell destroyed, it becomes harder for the body to fight against other infection.
if left untreated, even a mild cold can become severe since the immune system become weak
HIV reproduces rapidly because it use the T cells to make a new copies of virus which result in cell burst.
Background information
Function of leukocytes
Granulocytes
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Eosinophil
Kill parasitic worms, slightly phagocytic; complex role in allergy and asthma
Basophil
Release histamine and other mediators of inflammation; contain heparin, an anticoagulant
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Stages of a virus
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Lysogenic Cycle
During this cycle, the phage doesn't kill or destroy the host, but it is instead becoming part of the host by using its genome to enter through the attachment and integrate into the bacterial chromosome
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