Ortoski Objectives Flashcards
(204 cards)
What are the 3 conditions for transmission of HIV?
HIV must be present in…
- Body fluid
- In sufficient quantity
- Portal of entry into bloodstream
What 3 things is transmission of HIV leading to disease progression dependent on?
- Size of viral inoculin
- Virulence of infecting virus (how fit is the virus and what is it’s replication capacity)
- Patients cytotoxic lymphocyte response (CD8)
What are the 3 basic modes of HIV transmission?
- Sexual
- Blood
- Vertical
What is sexual transmission associated with?
Traumatic sex (anal), multiple partners, and lack of protection
What are some influencing factors with sexual transmission?
Oral/vaginal/anal receptive, no condom, genital ulcer (syphilis, active herpes)
What is associated with blood HIV transmission?
Transfusion/transplant before 1985, drug use, occupational exposure
What can reduce the risk of vertical transmission during pregnancy?
AZT
There are 14 AIDS defining conditions listed… name as many as you can.
- Candidiasis of respiratory system, esophagus
- Cervical cancer – invasive
- Coccidioidomycosis
- Cryptosporidiosis
- CMV (retinitis)
- Herpes simplex chronic ulcers (> 1 mo duration)
- HIV related encephalopathy
- Isorporiasis (chronic intestinal)
- Kaposi’s sarcoma (HHV8)
- Lymphoma
- MAC complex, mycobacterium TB, PCP, toxoplasmosis
- Recurrent pneumonia (>2 infections in 12 mo)
- Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML)
- Salmonellosis
What are main general categories of HIV testing?
Antibody testing and viral assays
When can antibody testing be done for HIV?
6 month waiting period exists after infection (the time needed for the immune system to make Antibodies
What are 6 tests for HIV that are antibody tests?
- ELISA
- Western blot
- OraSure OraQuick Advance
- Unti-Gold Recombigen and Reveal G2
- Multispot
- P24 Antigen Capture Assay
What antibody test is a screening test that is non-specific?
ELISA
What antibody test is a confirmatory test with decreasing false results?
Western Blot
What antibody test detects Ab to HIV1 and HIV2 in whole blood, oral fluids, and plasma with results in 20 minutes?
OraSure, OraQuick Advance
What antibody test detects antibodies to HIV1 in serum and plasma?
Uni-Gold Recombigen and Reveal G2
What antibody test detects antibodies to HIV1 and HIV2 in serum and plasma?
Multispot
What antibody test measures the chief component of nucleocapsid?
P24 antigen capture assay
What is a vrial RNA Assay?
Measures the viral load of HIV…HIV RNA by PCR and HIV branched DNA
When is a DNA PCR assay used?
In newborns and needle exposure patiens
When can you say HIV+?
Multiple antibody results or a single viral load assay
Ex. 2 ELISAs and 1 Western Blot
What will be positive with an acute retroviral infection symptoms in a primary HIV infection?
1 Viral Load Assay
ACTG
AIDS clinical trials group
ADAP
AIDS drug assistance program
AMfar
American foundations of AIDS research