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Human Immunodefiency Virus
HIV is part of the retrovirus family and it also causes accruired immunodefiency syndrome (AIDS). The four main ways it is spread by skin contact, breast milk,, contaminated needles, and also through birth.
1st picture: http://www.topnews.in/files/hiv-virus.jpg 2nd picture: http://slafee.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/hiv-virus-budding-off-cell.jpg 3rd picture: http://knol.google.com/k/-/-/xcGlvHu5/qubNvQ/HIV%20budding%20CDC.jpg HIV.com and http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec17/ch199/ch199a.html 4th picture: http://www.lookatvietnam.com/vietnam-news-images/2009/03/images1731968_1.jpg
HIV is like a ninja, you can't always see it but it's there.
Symptoms: *Memory loss *Dry cough *Weight Loss *Reaccuring Fever *Swollen Lymph Nodes *Unexplained fatigue
*HIV was first discovered in the United States in 1983, *reported to have started aroung 1970. *Estimated 33.2 million people infected *Is believed that 900,000 people have HIV in the US *scientists believ half who have HIV will develop AIDS in ten years
HIV reproduces by budding like yeast
The slang term for HIV is ghetto ninja
There are 2 types of HIV. *HIV-1 has caused the world wide epidemic. *HIV-2 is mainly in West Africa. *HIV originated from chimpanzees. *95% of cases are in developing countries
By: Callan Bell
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