HIV Flashcards
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what is HIV
chronic infection that results in the progressive destruction of CD4 and T lymphocytes
what is AIDS
HIV positive and has a CD4 cell count below 200 or
CD4 cells account for fewer than 14% of all lymphocytes or
has been diagnosed with one or more of the aids defining illnesses
what do CD4 cells do
direct and activate IR
how is the virus transmitted
contact with body fluids
blood semen, breast milk, not urine or feces
primary HIV symptoms
fever, sore throat weight loss, myalgia morbilliform rash lymphadenopathy, night sweats aseptic meningitis
what is seroconversion, when does it happen
development of HIV antibody
convert within 6 months so may not test positve right away
explain the stages of hiv infection
chronic asymptomatic - viral replication controlled by IR
chronic symptomatic infection - start getting infections to body would fight off
AIDS
advanced HIV infection - CD4 below 50
methods of trasmission
sex
parenteral
perinatal or mother to child
factors that increase the risk of transmission
increased viral load vaginal bleeding during intercourse being the reciever genital ulcers STIs lack of circumcision genetic
what should someone with HIV who is breast feeding do
virus transmited in milk
resource rich countries with safe water exclusively formula
in resource poor may be appropriate to exclusively breastfeed
all lwomen screened for HIV during pregnancy what do you do if positive
treat with antiretroviral during pregnancy, may delay until after 1st trimester
antiretroviral treatment during labour and delivery and to baby post delivery
IV zidovudine for mother during delivery
oral zidovudine for baby first 6 weeks
if viral load >1000 may require csection
ways to decreased parenteral transmission
free needle exchange not sharing injection paraphernalia sterilize equipment safe disposal use of post exposure prophylaxis
describe how the virus enters the cell and replicated
- binds to one of the receptors
- fuses with cell membrane
- uncoating of virus
- reverse transcription converts viral RNA to DNA
- viral integrasee splices viral DNA into cellular DNA
- cell uses the viral dna as template to reproduce the HIV genome
- cell uses HIV RNA as template to synthesize viral proteins
- protease enzyme cuts long protein chains into individual proteins
- new virus buds from cell and goes to infect other cells
do antiretrovirals kill the virus
no prevents infectious virus from being made if taken daily and able to achieve and maintain therapeutic blood levels
what are rthe 6 classes of antiretrovirals
NRTIs NNRTIs protease inhibitors integrase strand transfer inhibitors fusion inhibitors CCR5 receptor antagonist
NRTIs
abacavir
emtricitabine
lamivudine
tenofovir
NNRTIs
efavirenz
nevirapine
etravirine
rilpivirine
integrase inhibitors
raltegravir
dolutegravir
protease inhibitors
atazanavir
darunavir
lopinavir
ritonavir
CC5 receptor inhibitor
maraviroc
boosters
ritonavir
cobicistat
how many ARV are needed to be used in combo
3, booster doesnt count
goals of therapy
reduce the HIV associated morbidity and prolong the duration and quality of survival
restore and preserve immunologic function
maximally suppress plasma HIV viral load
prevent HIV transmission
markers of disease progression
HIV RNA in the blood
CD4 T cell lymphocyte counts