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AIDS
AIDS
HIV-1 HIV-2
( LAV or HTLV- III ) Poor Capacity for
Transmission
More COMMON
West Africa
More Infective
More Virulent
Signs and Symptoms
AIDS
Clinical Latency
Acute Infection
Acute Infection
(Acute HIV, Primary HIV, Acute Retroviral Syndrome)
Symptomatic
Asymptomatic
(40-90%)
Non Specific
( 3-20 Years )
Clinical Latency
(Asymptomatic HIV, Chronic HIV)
Last
• Fever, Weight Loss, GIT
Problems, Myalgia, Generalized
Lymphadenopathy
Absence of Specific
AIDS
Treatment
OR
Kaposi’s Sarcoma
Burkitt’s Lymphoma
Cervical Cancer
Conjunctival Cancer
Opportunistic Infections
Transmission
Sexual
Body Fluids
Mother to Child
Sexual
Commercial
Homosexual Heterosexual Sex Workers
(Pornography)
Blood
and
Blood Products
Mother to Child
Feeding
Delivery
Pregnancy
Diagnosis
Lab.Testing Staging
PCR
P24 Antigen
WHO CDC
CDC: The United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention
WHO
does not require
laboratory tests
For surveillance purposes, the AIDS diagnosis still stands even if,
after treatment, the CD4+ T cell count rises to above 200 per µL of
blood or other AIDS-defining illnesses are cured.
Prevention
Sexual contact
Pre-exposure
Post-exposure
Mother-to-child
Vaccination
Sexual contact
Condom Circumcision
Comprehensive
Vaginal Gel
Sexual
(Tenofovir) Education
Spermicide
nonoxynol-9
Pre-exposure
• among people with HIV whose CD4 count ≤ 550 cells/µL is a
Antiretroviral very effective way to prevent HIV infection of their partner (a
strategy known as treatment as prevention, or TASP).
Pre-exposure
prophylaxis • tenofovir, with or without emtricitabine
(PrEP)
Post-exposure Prevention
Antiretrovirals Prophylaxis zidovudine Regimen
(PEP) (USA)
Tenofovir,
emtricitabine
and raltegravir
Mother-to-Child
Antiviral Avoid
Medications Breastfeeding
Vaccination
No licensed vaccine
RV 144
Preventive
Highly Active Antiretroviral
and
Therapy (HAART)
Active Treatment
treatment of
Slows progression of
the disease opportunistic
infections
Antiviral Therapy
Antiviral Therapy
Protease Inhibitors
HAART (PI)
zidovudine
Religion
Economic
Stigma impact
and
AIDS
Media Criminal
Misconceptions
portrayal transmission
Stigma
Al-Israa(32)
Media portrayal
4) one could get HIV from kissing (16%), sharing a glass (5%),
spitting (16%), a public toilet seat (4%), and coughing or
sneezing (5%)
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