What system of the body is attacked by the pathogen, HIV?
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the inmune system is afected.. the blood white cells suffer this attack, they loose effectiveness because they are weakened by the virus, then they can`t attack other viruses and bacteries that incomes to the body, and causes "common" infections but with major severity, because the inmune system is out of order. Those infections kills the patient, not the HIV virus or its atttacks.
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HIV does not survive well outside of the human body. This really smells like an urban legend.
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In 1981, homosexual men with symptoms of a disease that now are considered typical of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) were first described in Los Angeles and New York. The men had an unusual type of lung infection (pneumonia) called Pneumocystis carinii (now known as Pneumocystis jiroveci) pneumonia (PCP) and rare skin tumors called Kaposi's sarcoma. The patients were noted to have severe depression of a type of cell in the blood that is an important part of the immune system, called CD4 cells. These cells, often referred to as T cells, help the body fight infections. Shortly thereafter, this disease was recognized throughout the United States, Western Europe, and Africa. In 1983, researchers in the United States and France described the virus that causes AIDS, now known as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and belonging to the group of viruses called retroviruses. In 1985, a blood test became available that measures antibodies to HIV that are the body's immune response to the HIV. This blood test remains the best method for diagnosing HIV infection. Recently, tests have become available to look for these same antibodies in the saliva and urine, and some can provide results within 20 minutes of testing.
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The immune system attacks the foreign blood, which dies and contaminates the bloodstream.
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a disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which kills or impairs cells of the immune system and progressively destroys the body's ability to fight infections and certain cancers. HIV is most commonly spread by sexual contact with an infected partner. The term AIDS applies to the most advanced stages of an HIV infection.
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You get HIV from fluid-to-fluid contact. \n\nThe virus, while powerful, is very fragile outside the body. So - if the virus is exposed to the open air (say, in your cook example) it will be destroyed. \n\nAlso - your saliva has acids in it which are destructive to the virus, as are the acids in your stomach. \n\nTHE ONLY WAY FOR YOU TO GET THE VIRUS IS FOR YOU AND THE COOK TO DIRECTLY EXCHANGE BODILY FLUIDS. \n\nUnless you're doing something with the cook we don't know about - you're going to be just fine.
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No, HIV needs a live body to survive.  Once someone has died, the virus will die soon after.
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You can be infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and have no symptoms at all. On average, it takes about 7 to 9 years for symptoms to develop. Most symptoms of AIDS are not caused directly by the HIV virus, but by an infection or other condition acquired due to the weakened immune system. Symptoms can include severe weight loss, fevers, headaches, drenching night sweats, fatigue, severe diarrhea, shortness of breath, and difficulty swallowing. The symptoms tend to last for weeks or months at a time and do not go away without treatment. Since these symptoms are commonly seen in other diseases, you can't assume any symptom is HIV/AIDS-related until you get laboratory tests. See a doctor if you think you may be at risk or if you have symptoms. \nYou might not know if you get infected by HIV. Some people get fever, headache, sore muscles and joints, stomach ache, swollen lymph glands, or a skin rash for one or two weeks. Most people think it's the flu. Some people have no symptoms. \nThe virus will multiply in your body for a few weeks or even months before your immune system responds. During this time, you won't test positive for HIV, but you can infect other people. \nWhen your immune system responds, it starts to make antibodies. When you start making antibodies, you will test positive for HIV. \nAfter the first flu-like symptoms, some people with HIV stay healthy for ten years or longer. But during this time, HIV is damaging your immune system. \nOne way to measure the damage to your immune system is to see how many CD4+ cells you have. These cells, also called "T-helper" cells, are an important part of the immune system. Healthy people have between 500 and 1,500 CD4+cells in milliliter of blood. \nWithout treatment, your CD4+ cell count will most likely go down. You might start having signs of HIV disease like fevers, night sweats, diarrhea, or swollen lymph nodes. If you have HIV disease, these problems will last more than a few days, and probably continue for several weeks.
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The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). ‘Acquired’ means not inherited. ‘Immune deficiency’ means a breakdown in the body’s immune system. ‘Syndrome’ refers to a range of diseases that may be associated with another disease.\n\nIn this case, diseases that take advantage of the body’s weakened immune system are used to define the onset of AIDS. In Australia, HIV is most commonly spread by sexual intercourse without a condom and through sharing needles, syringes and other injecting equipment.\n\nSymptoms\nSymptoms of HIV are common to a number of other illnesses. If you think you have been put at risk of getting HIV, or if you have any of the signs below (or a combination of them) for a month or longer, you should consult your doctor. Symptoms can include: \n\nFlu-like symptoms \nExtreme and constant tiredness \nFevers, chills and night sweats \nRapid weight loss for no known reason \nSwollen lymph glands in the neck, underarm or groin area \nWhite spots or unusual marks in the mouth \nSkin marks or bumps, either raised or flat, usually painless and purplish \nContinuous coughing or a dry cough \nDiarrhoea \nDecreased appetite.\nHow it is spread \nSomeone who has HIV may not have any symptoms, but they carry the virus and could pass it on through blood or body fluids. HIV can be spread in a number of ways, including: \nUnprotected vaginal or anal sex with someone who has HIV \nSharing injecting equipment and needles with someone who has HIV \nFrom a mother who has HIV to a child during pregnancy, birth or via breastfeeding \nUnprotected oral sex with someone who has HIV (this is less common).\nHIV can’t be spread by social contact\nThere is no evidence to suggest that HIV is spread by ordinary social or family contact such as hugging, shaking hands, sharing household items or through toilets seats, swimming pools or pets. HIV doesn’t live long outside of the body. It can be killed by ordinary household bleach, or soap and warm water.\n\nSafe sex explained\nSafe sex means sex where semen, vaginal secretions or blood are not exchanged between sexual partners. Some safe sexual activities include: \nMutual masturbation \nTouching \nCuddling \nBody-to-body rubbing \nErotic massage. \nCondoms \nUsing condoms properly during intercourse (anal and vaginal) will greatly reduce the risk of spreading HIV. Condoms must be used correctly and with plenty of lubricant. Water-based lubricant should be used, as other types of lubricants will cause condoms to break. Female condoms are also available and should also be used with lubricants. \n\nSafe sex can prevent infection\nHIV can be spread by unprotected anal or vaginal sex with someone who has HIV. Safe sex is recommended if either partner has HIV or if either partner is unsure of whether they have HIV. Other sexually transmissible infections (STIs) such as herpes, chlamydia and gonorrhoea can also be spread by unprotected sex. If either partner has an STI, or if either partner is unsure of whether they have an STI, safe sex is also recommended. HIV infection is more readily acquired or transmitted if either partner is infected with another STI.\n\nHIV and oral sex\nUnprotected oral sex is low risk for spreading HIV but using a condom or avoiding ejaculation into the mouth is recommended when either partner has ulcers or bleeding gums, or has recently brushed or flossed their teeth. Condom use may also prevent the spread of other STIs such as herpes, chlamydia and gonorrhoea. These STIs may be spread more easily by unprotected oral sex.\n\nHIV and deep kissing\nOnly very small amounts of HIV are found in the saliva of people who have HIV. For you to get HIV, a lot of saliva would need to get into your blood via ulcers or bleeding gums. Deep kissing is a low risk behaviour for spreading HIV.\n\nHIV and blood products\nSince May 1985, all blood donations in Australia have been tested for HIV. This means that blood transfusion
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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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because HIV gets inside your cells and reprograms them to produce the HIV virus.  Your body doesnt attack the cells that it recognizes as its own so the virus is not destroyed.
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Hepititis C in not like HIV in the sense that it usually specifically attacks your liver. HIV can cause many ailments. It is like HIV in the sense that it is a sexually transmitted disease.
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HIV does not cause AIDs. It never has done and never will do. There are two types of Viruses. Passanger and pilot. A passenger virus clings onto a human cell and is just along for the ride, it does no harm but does no good either. A pilot virus takes over a cell and stears it towards disease. HIV is a passenger virus. AIDS is a break down in the imune system but its not caused by HIV.  Its caused by drug use and AZT, the drug used to kill the HIV virus. HIV doesn't really do anything except make you feel run down and tired from time to time.
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Actually getting rid of any virus is difficult.  In order for a virus to be destroyed, your body's immune cells need to form antibodies that can specifically identify the virus and cause the virus and all the infected cells be neutralized or killed by other immune cells.\n\nThe problem with HIV is several:\n\nFirst, the protein shell that surrounds the virus and makes it identifiable is constantly changing, so by the time an antibody is formed, it may not recognize the virus any more.\n\nSecond, the virus is a RNA retrovirus, meaning once it infects a cell, it can get itself copied into the DNA of the cell and hide there without detection, sometimes for years.\n\nThird, the cells that the virus likes to attack are the very immune cells that are supposed to be fighting off the virus.  This prevents the whole immune system from working the way it is supposed to and the virus just continues to spread unchecked.\n\nFourth, because it is a virus, normal antibiotics just don't work against it.  And even the anti-virals that have been developed only slow down its ability to reproduce.  They can't stop it completely or kill it because the virus is already a part of the cell's DNA.  It continues to change and over time can become resistant to the meds and start reproducing again.
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Aids is a disease that is spread through intercourse with different partners during sexual acts, or sharing dirty infected needles for drug useage, or even from bodily fluids being exchanged... \n\nSource(s):\nHIV 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 or breast milk. This transmission can come in the form of: (anal or vaginal) sex; blood transfusion; contaminated needles; exchange between mother and infant during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding; or other exposure to one of the above bodily fluids.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/aids...
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Ok, firstly for a virus to infect someone, it must enter a cell type. cold viruses enter your nasal, oral or respiratory epithelium. (top layer) this is where the interaction of the virus and host (you) causes inflammation and your body's response is the symptoms of a cold.\n\nHIV enters a specific cell called a T helper cell (also marked, and know as CD4) this cell is crucial to your immune system. HIV is called a retrovirus as basically it converts it Genome into a length of DNA that incorporates it's self into the human T-cells DNA. So if, in theory you removed all the HIV virus from your body,  the virus can come back, as you immune system would make it!\n\nsound strange but one of the reasons its such a nast bug. While in the T cell it multiplies and spreads to other cells, then destroyes the T cells it's in.\nHIV can be monitored by two methods: virus count, and T cell count. Ideally you want virus count of 0 and a high T cell count.\n\nHIV can be combated using drugs, including a group called "reverse transriptase inhibitors" these slow down the rate that the HIV virus can multiply andincorpotate it'sself into you body.  So if have HIV, get a cocktail of antiHIV drugs, you can life almost as long as you would without the virus.\n\nThe main problem with HIV is as it attacks your immune system, it makes you vulnerable to all sorts of other diseases.
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), which causes AIDS, is very similar to Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) that infects monkeys and apes.  \n\nHIV/AIDS most likely began when a monkey or ape infected with SIV bit a human and infected the human with SIV.  The SIV virus then mutated into HIV, which was better suited to infect humans.