Junior+Presentation+2+Group+3


 * Ok, so I made some last minute adjustments to my slides. This is the final powerpoint. - Kylina



Thanks everybody! The powerpoint looks great! See you tomorrow :) -Kate

It's Sarah. Sorry, but I also edited my slides a teeny bit, so here is the final PowerPoint as of 8:30 pm, 2/24/10.

Here's the final powerpoint: Kylina, I won't be home until late tonight, but i'll try to get your slides in. I put some info from you notes, though.** Hey, Its Jackie. I edited my slide just a bit. This is the new powerpoint as of 6:35pm:

The powerpoint is really good! I'll post the slides I have done tomorrow (wednesday) when I get home. But what I found is this video on the difference between HIV and AIDS, and then how AIDS can effect the system. I thought it was pretty good, and it's only about 4 minutes long. Let me know if we want to include it in our presentation or not.


 * //http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68I7JlVhuhY//**


 * Group 3: Outline the effects of HIV on the immune system (discuss cause, transmission, social implications of AIDS)**

Kylina - cause of AIDS Jackie - transmission of AIDS Sarah - effects on immune system Kate - Social implications/ Difference between HIV and AIDS

This is a really good website: http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec17/ch199/ch199a.html







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Microsoft on the school computer isn't working, so my notes so far are going to be here for now - Kylina

Person with a healthy immune system has a CD4 count is 500 to 1800. Person is diagnosed with AIDS when the CD4 count goes below 200 or if they have HIV with certain diseases such as tuberculosis.

The stages of HIV before it develops into AIDS: 1. Infection: The virus can copy itself and infect cells before your immune system has time to react. Flu-like symptoms occur. 2. Response: The body responds to the virus by making antibodies. This is called seroconversion when you move from HIV negative to positive. 3. No symptoms: Your body moves into a phase where you experience no symptoms, but are still affect, called asymptomatic infection. 4. Symptoms: You begin to experience some symptoms of HIV such as PCP. 5. AIDS: It is diagnosed (not a definite way to diagnose AIDS) when you have certain symptoms, infections, and specific test results.

HIV-1 originated in West-Central Africa in the first half of the 20th century when a closely related chimpanzee virus first infected humans. The global spread of HIV-1 has been documented to have occurred in the 1970s, and AIDS was first recognized in 1981. In North America as of December 2007, about 1.3 million people had HIV infection, and about 46,000 to 56,000 new infections and 21,000 deaths occur each year. Worldwide, about 33.2 million people are estimated to be infected. There are about 2.5 million new infections and 2.1 million deaths each year. Most (95%) occur in developing countries. One half occur in women, and one in seven occur in children under 15 years old. In parts of Africa, more than 30% of people between the ages of 15 and 45 are infected, threatening to dramatically reduce the life expectancy of a whole generation.