Essays Tagged: "immune deficiency syndrome"

AIDS/HIV

AIDS/HIVAcquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, better known as AIDS, iscaused by the incurable HIV virus. AIDS is a dea ... r known as AIDS, iscaused by the incurable HIV virus. AIDS is a deadly disease that deterioratesthe immune system. There are two groups of HIV (humanimmunodeficiency virus), HIV-1 that occurs througho ... disease is contunually changing in its genetic looks and so, its closes up against what a person's immune system can make antibodies. We know enough about how the infection is transmitted to protecto ...

(3 pages) 128 0 4.6 Jan/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

HIV / AIDS Adequacy Program

Introduction:AIDS - acquired immune deficiency syndrome - was first reported in the United States in 1981 and has since become a ... mic. AIDS is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). By killing or impairing cells of the immune system, HIV progressively destroys the body's ability to fight infections and certain cancers ...

(9 pages) 214 1 4.1 Apr/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

AIDS

AIDSAcquired immune deficiency syndrome, or AIDS, is a recently recognized disease entity. It is caused by infect ... aused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which attacks selected cells in the immune system (see IMMUNITY) and produces defects in function. These defects may not be apparent for ... t be apparent for years. They lead in a relentless fashion, however, to a severe suppression of the immune system's ability to resist harmful organisms. This leaves the body open to an invasion by var ...

(12 pages) 245 0 4.2 Jan/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

AIDS

AIDSAIDS(Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is a deadlydisease for which there is no cure. This disease was firstrec ... venereal routes or exposureto contaminated blood or blood products. This disease weakensthe body's immune system, allowing other diseases to occur. Themost common treatments available for this virus ... ference between HIV and AIDS is that HIV is the virus thatcauses AIDS, and AIDS is a disease of the immune system andunfortunately at this time there is no cure for.

(1 pages) 33 0 3.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

AIDS:Is There a Cure? Are There Preventions?

tracting AIDS. I mean who does AIDS think it is just killing people?AIDS is a virus that kills your immune system. The letters in AIDS stand for Acquired, Immune, Deficiency, Syndrome. (Madaras,185-6) ... the infection was caused by casual contact.The part of your body that the AIDS virus kills is your immune system as mentioned before, but what it really kills is your white blood cells. White blood c ...

(4 pages) 115 0 3.4 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

AIDS:Is There a Cure? Are There Preventions?

tracting AIDS. I mean who does AIDS think it is just killing people?AIDS is a virus that kills your immune system. The letters in AIDS stand for Acquired, Immune, Deficiency, Syndrome. (Madaras,185-6) ... the infection was caused by casual contact.The part of your body that the AIDS virus kills is your immune system as mentioned before, but what it really kills is your white blood cells. White blood c ...

(4 pages) 61 0 3.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

AIDS, "Generation x disease"

AIDS:Aquired Immune Deficiency SyndromeI am doing a report on AIDS, I don't knowmuch about AIDS but I will tell y ... transmitted by sexualcontact,blood,needles,children during/before birth.I also know it affects the immune system directly, Itis caused by the virus HIV which they have nocure for either AIDS or HIV a ...

(2 pages) 52 0 4.4 Jan/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

AIDS

good very well writtenAcquired immune deficiency syndrome, or AIDS, is adisease entity that has been recognized since 1981. It is c ... It is caused byinfection with the human immunodeficiency virus, which attacksselected cells in the immune system and produces defects infunction. This leaves the body open to an invasion by variousin ...

(2 pages) 44 0 4.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

AIDS

- -Acquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeBySociology 45November 1994AIDSAcquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome - AIDS - has stimulated more interest in history than any other disease o ... or to the new epidemic and had been found in many individuals with none of the manifestation of the immune deficiency syndromes.What is a VirusThe term 'virus' in Latin means 'juice,' 'humor,' or more ... caused by the human immunodeficency virus (HIV, previously calledHTLV-III or LAV). HIV damages the immune system - the system that ordinarily protects the body against infection - leaving a person es ...

(11 pages) 156 2 4.2 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

What is AIDS .

n effect every single one of us.What's the difference between HIV and AIDS?AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. HIV is the virus thatcauses AIDS. AIDS is a serious condition in which t ...

(4 pages) 41 0 3.3 Aug/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

AIDS epidemic in China.

When AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) was first reported in the West, the Chinese rejoiced at their physical d ...

(2 pages) 48 1 4.8 Aug/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Aids.

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or aids, is a recently recognized disease. It is caused by infection wit ... . No person will ever be truly safe.Aids stands for acquired immunodeficiency or sometimes known as immune deficiency syndrome. It results from infection with a virus called HIV, which stands for huma ... are the same issue. However, the terms aids refers to an advanced stage of HIV infection, when the immune system has sustained substantial damage. Not everyone who encounters HIV infection is exposed ...

(5 pages) 113 0 4.8 Aug/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Anaylsis of HIV & AIDS in West Africa.

cially diagnosed with the virus in Indianapolis after receiving a blood transfusion. AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) and HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) have since spread rapidly to othe ...

(4 pages) 99 0 4.1 Oct/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History

The AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) Virus.

A.I.D.S. is the short for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. AIDS is a specific group of diseases that result for suppression of the ... owed down the process of the cause of AIDS called HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus).AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is a specific group of diseases that results from the suppression of the ... us first involves the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). People with the HIV virus gradually loses immune function along with immune cells and without immune function, the HIV virus turns into the AI ...

(5 pages) 110 1 4.1 Oct/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Microbiology

AIDS: A Global Threat.

A- acquiredH- humanI- immune I- immunodeficiencyD- deficiencyV- virusS- syndromeWhat is HIV/AIDS?AIDS is an acronym for Ac ... Syndrome. This is a disease caused by HIV, or Human Immunodeficiency Virus. This virus attacks the immune system, the body's line of defense against diseases and infections. When the immune system br ... med because they take advantage of the body's weakened defenses. T-cells are the part of the body's immune system, they help fight diseases. The average T-cell count for a healthy person is 800-1200 c ...

(8 pages) 142 0 3.7 Jan/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Criminalization of Knowlingly Transmitting AIDS

Brief History of AIDS and the Criminalization of Knowingly Transmitting ItAcquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The virus was ...

(5 pages) 37 0 3.7 Jan/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

AIDS: Information

AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and HIV affect more than roughly thirty million people worldwide. It is n ... pecial molecules that are supposed to fight HIV. As HIV disease continues, it slowly wears down the immune system. Viruses, parasites, fungi and bacteria that usually don't cause any problems can make ... r AIDS. There are drugs that can slow down the HIV virus, however, and slow down the damage to your immune system. But there is no way to get all the HIV out of your body.

(3 pages) 32 0 3.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

The History of AIDS

birthday to me. Now it is National AIDS Day. Today everyone is being informed about AIDS, acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Before people were informed about GRID, "gay- related immune deficiency. ... in New York. The patients in both reports were gay man.In 1982 the new disease was called Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or AIDS after being link to blood and sexual transmission. Also in New Yo ...

(6 pages) 105 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

My Teaching Lessons for a Student that doesn't know anything about AIDS

AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. AIDS is the result of damage to the immune system. A damaged immune sy ... are called opportunistic because they are caused by organisms which are normally controlled by the immune system but which `take the opportunity' to cause disease if the immune system has been damage ... he rest of their lives.Through mechanisms that are still not fully understood, HIV prevents the immune system from working properly. Normally, the body's immune system would fight off infection. ...

(3 pages) 30 0 4.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Symptoms and Description of HIV/AIDS.

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome, AIDS, causes the body's immune system to slowly weaken. When you get AID ... of AIDS in the United States happened to be gay men, at first the disease was known as Gay-Related Immune Disorder, and many early victims were also intravenous drug users. While many gay men still h ...

(3 pages) 63 0 3.7 Dec/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases