True or False: Altered production of False. cytokines and chemokines is not seen in HIV What other immunologic abnormalities defective antigen presentation, oxidative by are seen in AIDS patients? List 3. monocytes/macrophages and decreased natural killer (NK) cell activity Although the manifestations of the It begins with primary, or acute, infection, followed disease vary in individual patients, what by a period of clinical latency and eventually is the general clinical course of the culminating in AIDS. disease? In the first stage of HIV, high levels of lymphoid organs. circulating virus, or viremia, exist, and HIV begins to disseminate to what organs? As the immune system becomes retroviral syndrome activated, what syndrome may develop? What are symptoms of Acute retroviral Symptoms that resemble influenza or infectious syndrome? mononucleosis. As HIV-specific immune responses Clinical latency develop, they begin to curtail replication of the virus, this period is called? What is the median length of clinical 10 years latency in HIV? If left untreated, what is the final stage of AIDS the HIV infection? How would you characterized AIDS? Profound immunosuppression, a resurgence of viremia, and life-threatening infections and malignancies. What is the typical median time period 10 Years after initial infection HIV to progress to AIDS? The rate of progression has been Antiretroviral therapies dramatically decreased with the use of this type of therapy. In the 1993 case definition, the CDC Nine categories (A1–C3) classified HIV-infected adults and adolescents into how many categories? In the association with clinical CD4 T-cell counts conditions found in HIV infections what are the 9 categories based on? HIV-infected individuals are classified as < 200/μL or certain opportunistic infections or having AIDS if they have an absolute malignancies indicative of AIDS CD4 T lymphocyte of __ or ___? What other types of symptoms besides Neurological symptoms opportunistic infections and
True or False: Altered production of cytokines and chemokines is not seen in HIV False. What other immunologic abnormalities are seen in AIDS patients? List 3. defective antigen presentation, oxidative by monocytes/macrophages and decreased natural killer (NK) cell activity Although the manifestations of the disease vary in individual patients, what is the general clinical course of the disease? It begins with primary, or acute, infection, followed by a period of clinical latency and eventually culminating in AIDS. In the first stage of HIV, high levels of circulating virus, or viremia, exist, and HIV begins to disseminate to what organs? lymphoid organs. As the immune system becomes activated, what syndrome may develop? retroviral syndrome What are symptoms of Acute retroviral syndrome? Symptoms that resemble influenza or infectious mononucleosis. As HIV-specific immune responses develop, they begin to curtail replication of the virus, this period is called? Clinical latency What is the median length of clinical latency in HIV? 10 years If left untreated, what is the final stage of the HIV infection? AIDS How would you characterized AIDS? Profound immunosuppression, a resurgence of viremia, and life-threatening infections and malignancies. What is the typical median time period after initial infection HIV to progress to AIDS? 10 Years The rate of progression has been dramatically decreased with the use of this type of therapy. Antiretroviral therapies In the 1993 case definition, the CDC classified HIV-infected adults and adolescents into how many categories? Nine categories (A1–C3) In the association with clinical conditions found in HIV infections what are the 9 categories based on? CD4 T-cell counts HIV-infected individuals are classified as having AIDS if they have an absolute CD4 T lymphocyte of __ or ___? < 200/μL or certain opportunistic infections or malignancies indicative of AIDS What other types of symptoms besides opportunistic infections and Neurological symptoms
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