tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-682618960116222632024-03-13T06:20:54.043-07:00Aids factsAndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17138808270729932935noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68261896011622263.post-39571388604765567982010-02-26T04:25:00.001-08:002010-02-26T04:25:28.493-08:00Aids vaccineNearly 7,400 people a day are infected with HIV. An AIDS vaccine with 50% efficacy given to 30% of the population would avert 5.6 million new infections in low and middle income countries between 2015 and 2030.Most initial approaches have focused on the HIV envelope protein. At least thirteen different gp120 and gp160 envelope candidates have been evaluated, in the US predominantly through the Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17138808270729932935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68261896011622263.post-45597270879885300552010-02-26T04:19:00.000-08:002010-02-26T04:20:34.384-08:00Aids factsHuman immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, is the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). The virus weakens a person's ability to fight infections and cancer. People with HIV are said to have AIDS when they develop certain infections or cancers or when their CD4 count is less than 200. CD4 count is determined by a blood test in a doctor's office.HIV attacks and destroys a type ofAndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17138808270729932935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68261896011622263.post-22279907657978344122010-02-26T04:17:00.000-08:002010-02-26T04:18:08.295-08:00Aids awarenessThe red ribbon is an international symbol of AIDS awareness that is worn by people all year round and particularly around World AIDS Day to demonstrate care and concern about HIV and AIDS, and to remind others of the need for their support and commitment. March 10th: National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness DayThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Service, Office on Women's Health is the Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17138808270729932935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68261896011622263.post-88802526989091190842010-02-26T04:15:00.000-08:002010-02-26T04:16:11.016-08:00HAARTHAART is the name given to aggressive treatment regimens used to suppress HIV viral replication and the progression of HIV disease. The usual HAART regimen combines three or more different drugs such as two nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) and a protease inhibitor (PI), two NRTIs and a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) or other such combinations. These Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17138808270729932935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68261896011622263.post-74674699480019225162010-02-26T04:10:00.000-08:002010-02-26T04:13:35.355-08:00Hiv preventionThe world’s first major HIV prevention campaigns targeted gay and bisexual men in US cities. They began around 1984 and were run by non-governmental organisations such as the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, AIDS Project Los Angeles and Gay Men’s Health Crisis in New York. These community-based groups had for some time been teaching people about AIDS and how it was most likely acquired, but they Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17138808270729932935noreply@blogger.com