Immune System, HIV and Cancer

Question 1

What is innate immunity?

Answer 1

Genera and non specific immunity that you are

Question 2

What are two common opportunistic infections that affect HIV patients?

Answer 2

Pneumocystis Jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) and Mycobacterium Avium Complex ( MAC)

Question 3

What are the three main types of organ rejection?

Answer 3

Hyperacute ( within minutes) , Acute ( 2-3 wks) and chronic ( 3 plus months)

Question 4

What are carcinomas

Answer 4

Cancer that originates in the epithelial tissues and account for 90% of all cancer

Question 5

What are Sarcomas?

Answer 5

Cancers that originate in connective tissues such as bones, muscles, and lymph.

Question 6

Where do blood and lymph cancers originate?

Answer 6

bone marrow