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According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, HIV is an infection that is transmitted by multiple causes through sexual contact, transfusions with infected blood, or by used needles that has infected blood on it (aids.gov, 2009). These cases of transmissions create high risk of an attack of the human immune system. This virus ravages through the immune system at the cellular level (aids.gov, 2009). Through research, it is believed that the virus attaches itself to what’s called a dendritic cell that are found in the areas that line the mouth, the vagina, rectum, penis, and the upper gastrointestinal tract which are linked to a type of immune system cell(aids.gov, 2009). It spreads like wildfire by the dendritic cell carrying over to the human lymph nodes that can infect other immune system cells (aids.gov, 2009). The transmission of this virus attacks cells in your body that can spread into your immune system that can harm the way your body fights against bacteria and other sicknesses.
The spread of HIV can be broken down into six main processes that repeat in a cycle to duplicate itself causing the virus to overtake the human body. It has one goal which is to infect the CD4 lymphocyte which is a T-cell that helps it reproduce and spread. As stated HIV hooks onto a T-cell then it allows itself to be released into the cell called binding and fusion (aids.gov, 2009). It then goes through a special enzyme that changes the genetic material of the virus to be integrated into the host DNA which is called reverse transcription (aids.gov, 2009). The last 3 cycles are called transcription, assembly, and budding which just ensure the life of the virus to be assimilated with other cells of the body (aids.gov, 2009).
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Service. (2009).HIV LIFESCYCLE. Retrieved from http://aids.gov/hiv-aids-basics/just-diagnosed-with-hiv-aids/hiv-in-your-body/hiv-lifecycle/
DeNoon, D. J. (2010). HIV Cured in Berlin Patient. Retrieved from http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=123582
Kaplan, K (2013, Oct. 23). Baby ‘cured’ of HIV: New Details offer hope for other patients. The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved from http://articles.latimes.com/2013/oct/23/science/la-sci-sn-baby-cured-of-hiv-report-20131023
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