Retro Virus

Retrovirus are any RNA disease/virus that belongs to the family Retrofired. The virus was discovered in 1971 by Howard Temin and David Baltimore. 8uRetroviruses are uniquely shaped viruses, confusing features and overwhelming morbidity of the disease they cause. The genome of Retroviruses consists of RNA into DNA. Retrovirus have an outer envelope, which came from the plasma membrane of the host. There is an envelope protein in the lipid bilayer, actually many copies of this. The virus has a capsid, which is a protein shell. The Virus differs from other because it has two molecules of RNA and the molecules of the enzyme reverse transcriptase. The virus’s capsids are polyhedral with spiked envelope. One characteristic that makes retrovirus

She has a fever of 103.5, and chills. She is experiencing fatigue and muscle aches. The worse symptom that she has, that begins to give concern, is a sore throat and a rash growing on the right elbow. Sandra makes an appointment for the doctor’s office. After getting to doctor’s office, Sandra waits to be called and when she does, she proceeds back to the doctor’s room. The doctor walks into the room and proceeds to ask questions like what symptoms are you experiencing; What is your sex life like; Have you recently had cuts or breaks in the skin. Sandra then tells the doctor about the symptoms and she recently has had a new partner and they’ve had unprotected sex. The doctor begins to do swabs in Sandra in case of STD’s and a swab for strep throat. Within two weeks, Sandra gets the result from the doctor. He explains to her that she has a severe decrease in lymphocytes especially her T helper cells. The doctor tells Sandra she is diagnosed with…Human Immunodeficiency Virus. This disease is also caused by retrovirus and can migrate into

The strain is similar because of the nucleotide sequence in simian immunodeficiency disease. HIV was known/ came about around the 1920’s in Kinshasa, a city in the Dominic Republic of Congo, Africa. In 1959, the disease antibodies were identified in blood, however the first documented case was not till 1981. The most affected patients are those that are gay or bisexual men, particularly those that are young African American gay. In 2015, 39,513 people were diagnosed with HIV infection in the United states. Gay and bisexual men accounted for 26.375 of HIV infections. The largest number of diagnoses are of African American gay and bisexual man; the number is 10,315. 1,242,000 were living with the virus at the end of 2013. On a global scale, there is 36.7 million people living with HIV. About 2.1 million people were newly affected in 2015. Majority of individuals diagnosed with HIV are living within low and middle income countries. The Saharan Africa region is the most affected area of this virus. HIV infects, individuals, households, communities and countries worldwide. HIV can migrate to a deathlier form called AIDS. AIDS has killed more than 39 million people. This virus can only be transmitted through sex, intravenous drug abuse, blood transfusion, organ transplant, tattooing, and accidental medical needle