in which biological branch i can study deeply about aids.?
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Probably immunology or virology would be your best bets.  \n\nCapital letters are your friend :)
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Hi Anita. I believe the best answer is D) histology.\n\nAnatomy is a much broader area than this.\nCell biology is more concerned with the internal functions of the cell.\nChemistry is not directly involved with how cells are arranged.\nPhysiology is a much broader area of study.\n\nHope this is helpful for you.  Best wishes.
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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a collection of symptoms and infections in humans resulting from the specific damage to the immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).[1] The late stage of the condition leaves individuals prone to opportunistic infections and tumors. Although treatments for AIDS and HIV exist to slow the virus's progression, there is no known cure. HIV is transmitted through direct contact of a mucous membrane or the bloodstream with a bodily fluid containing HIV, such as blood, semen, vaginal fluid, preseminal fluid, and breast milk.[2][3] This transmission can come in the form of anal, vaginal or oral sex, blood transfusion, contaminated hypodermic needles, exchange between mother and baby during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding, or other exposure to one of the above bodily fluids.\n\nMost researchers believe that HIV originated in sub-Saharan Africa during the twentieth century;[4] it is now a pandemic, with an estimated 38.6 million people now living with the disease worldwide.[5] As of January 2006, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization (WHO) estimate that AIDS has killed more than 25 million people since it was first recognized on June 5, 1981, making it one of the most destructive epidemics in recorded history. In 2005 alone, AIDS claimed an estimated 2.4–3.3 million lives, of which more than 570,000 were children.[5] A third of these deaths are occurring in sub-Saharan Africa, retarding economic growth and destroying human capital. Antiretroviral treatment reduces both the mortality and the morbidity of HIV infection, but routine access to antiretroviral medication is not available in all countries.[6] HIV/AIDS stigma is more severe than that associated with other life-threatening conditions and extends beyond the disease itself to providers and even volunteers involved with the care of people living with HIV.\n\nTAKE CARE AND GOOD LUCK !
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On the basis that you were indeed asking for websites which the previous respondent seemed to forget, here is one that might provide some useful info.  It is my own site, a little in need of a pruning but has a substantial amount of HIV information.\n\nhttp://www.mark.lineisp.co.uk/hiv1.htm
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Aids virus has been suggested that it is Biological warfare compound and that HIV is indeed attached to the Aids virus. \n\nThe reason it is so prevalent in Africa is that the peoples in Africa are very susceptible to parasites and other pathogens, so much so that their immune systems are compromised. It didn't originate there though.
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Where did it probably originate?\n\nSince AIDS was discovered in 1983, researchers have made significant progress in their understanding of the disease.  Two distinct types of HIV have been identified thus far.  HIV-1 and HIV-2 are thought to have a common ancestor and new evidence suggests that the viruses diverged sometime before the 1940s.  Despite the considerable knowledge researchers have gained so far, a definite source for the HIV virus continues to elude them.\n\nThough first identified in the United States, evidence points to a large region of Central Africa, including Zaire, Zambia, Uganda, Rwanda, and the Central African Republic, as the possible location of the origin of the AIDS pandemic.\n\nIt is now generally accepted that HIV is a descendant of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) (simian meaning monkey.)  Certain SIVs closely resemble HIV-1 and HIV-2.  In February 1999 it was announced that a group of researchers from the University of Alabama had studied frozen tissue from a chimpanzee and found that the SIV it carried was almost identical to HIV-1.  It is claimed by the researchers that this shows that these chimpanzees were the source of HIV-1, and that the virus at some point crossed species from chimpanzee to human.\n\nHIV-2 has an almost exact counterpart in a virus of the sooty mangabey, a type of African monkey.  Western Africa, the habitat of the sooty mangabey, is also the area where vast majority of HIV-2 cases are located.  HIV-2s connection to the sooty mangabey is probably the most compelling evidence for animal to man transfer of HIV.\n\nThis possible reservoir of infection and the type of human behaviour in certain areas noted here could have induced the transfer necessary to develop an endemic area of HIV infection from which a subsequent epidemic could emerge.\n\nIn addition to the theories of mainstream scientists, many other hypotheses have been put forward.  Despite considerable evidence to the contrary, a small, but well-known group of scientists argue that HIV does not cause AIDS.  They contend that AIDS is brought about by lifestyle factors such as drug use, inadequate nutrition, and contraction of multiple STDs.  Among the general population, a significant percentage believes that HIV is manmade.  The supposed motivations for the deliberate creation of HIV range from a plot by the US government to wipe out African-Americans, to a biological weapon developed by the Russian Scientists.  Although many would dismiss such theories, they are widespread and may have important ramifications for treatment and prevention of HIV.\n\nWhen did the virus (HIV-1) probably jump the specie barrier?\n\nScientists have long recognised the ability of certain viruses and other diseases to pass from animals to humans.  This process is referred to as Zoonosis. Once an animal disease has infected people, it may then be passed from human to human.\nVarious means have been suggested through which SIV virus might have passed from primitives to humans.  One theory is that the virus could have been transferred to humans while sooty mangabeys or chimpanzees were butchered for food or kept as pets.  These chimpanzees are hunted in a very bloody way and eaten raw or sometimes people drink their blood.  Another theory is based on particular ritualistic behaviour among natives living in remote central Africa, which involves the use of monkey blood in sexual customs.\n\nThe most controversial theories contended that medical science had played a role in introducing HIV into the human population.  The most well known of the human error theories is that of polio vaccines, which were given to many Africans in the 1950s, could have been contaminated with HIV, as the vaccines were prepared using monkey kidneys.\n\nTo work out when the virus jumped the specie barrier we can look at three of the earliest known instances of HIV infections:\n\n-HIV found in a tissue samples from a Norwegian sailor who died around 1976.  He had sa
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Aids is such a broad subject. You probably need to condense it to a subject within Aids for example how about the effects  physically,socially,psychology on HIV infected children
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Try the biology department of a local college.
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Yes, check out the programs at Stanford and UCLA, they have not only great programs but clinics that subspecialize in major biologically based disorders.
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HIV and AIDS is treated the same across the United States.  Information is difficult to acquire as it is typically is discussed in very confusing medical terms.  There are 2 good places to start.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia has a website and they are the 'authority' on matters of infectious disease.  Wikipedia.com is also an excellent source of information which is easier to understand.
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There are several organizations that actively fight HIV/AIDS. I've included links to several of the organizations in the sources list.
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Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a collection of symptoms and infections in humans resulting from the specific damage to the immune system caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV),[1] the late stage of which leaves individuals prone to opportunistic infections and tumours. Although treatments for AIDS and HIV exist that slow the virus' progression, there is no known cure.
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http://www.biologymad.com/master.html?http://www.biologymad.com/a2chqus/a2chqus.htm\n\nhttp://www.salisbury.ac.uk/Login/old_intranet/Learning_Resources/old%20a%20level/PDFS/SCREENS/S30A.PDF#search='A2%20Human%20Biology'
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I believe AIDS is a condition in which HIV has weakened your immune system enough to lower your white blood cell count below a certain amount.  Below that amount your body is incredibly susceptible to illness and disease.  Some patients never reach that point.  Magic Johnson, for example, the professional basketball player with HIV and the worst talk show know to man has been living with HIV for some time now.  He has faught it of so well that his recent tests show that the HIV virus is no longer detectable.
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all i will say is check out this link headed by duesberg the top virologist who address the misconception within the public sphere and scientific community about HIV and AIDS \nhttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6814491427846073388&q=AIDS+CONSPIRACY&pl=true\n\nalternatively go to the Heal website\n\nlet me know what you think...
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im·mu·nol·o·gy-n. \nThe branch of biomedicine concerned with the structure and function of the immune system, innate and acquired immunity, the bodily distinction of self from nonself, and laboratory techniques involving the interaction of antigens with specific antibodies.\n\nso i guess figure it out from there...
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Main Entry: AIDS\nPronunciation: 'Adz\nFunction: noun\nEtymology: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome\n: a disease of the human immune system that is characterized cytologically especially by reduction in the numbers of CD4-bearing helper T cells to 20 percent or less of normal rendering the subject highly vulnerable to life-threatening conditions (as Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia) and to some that become life-threatening (as Kaposi's sarcoma) and that is caused by infection with HIV commonly transmitted in infected blood and bodily secretions (as semen) especially during illicit intravenous drug use and sexual intercourse