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What does HIV stand for?
Human Immuno Deficeny Virus
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What does AIDS stand for?
Aquired Immune Deficency Syndrome
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What was AIDS first called?
the "gay cancer"
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What is a virus?
a tiny organism or parasite that lives in or on another organism, the virus always needs a host
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What does HIV cause?
AIDS
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How is the T-cell a main player in the immune response?
the HIV cells invade the T-cell then uses its nutrients, reproduces itself and finally destroys the T-cell
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What does asymptomatic mean?
D) not showing any symtoms of an illness
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Can people die from AIDS?
no, you die from the opportunistic infections that your body can't fight off
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Which can you catch, a communicable disease or a non-communicable disease?
communicable
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What are three ways you can get HIV?
unprotected sex, sharing needles/syringes, infection during pregnancy
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What is the Needle (Syringe) Exchange Program?
a program that exchanges used needles for new needles
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 What immune system cell consumes any foreign cell that enters the body?
macrophages
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What immune respnse is a chemical defender that is specificied to a certain disease?
antibody
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What immune response responds to the macrophages message and releases germ fighters?
T-cells
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What are some HIV testing?
ELISA, Western Blot, ORASURE
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What is the average incubation period for HIV?
10 years for full blown AIDS
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How many T-cells do you have to have in your body in order to have AIDS?
less than 200
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What is the theory for the creation of AIDS?
that the government made it
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What are some symtoms of HIV?
fever, skin rash, night sweats, fatigue, coughs, dirraeha, a white coating in the mouth
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Is there a cure for HIV/AIDS?
no, but there are drugs to prevent it from reproducing and drugs to fight opportunistic infections
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