AIDS is the Deadliest Pandemic in humans and it is caused by a RNA virus called Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).AIDS is The Last Stage of HIV Infection. • First Identified By Dr.Luc Montagnier & His Collegues. • It is Estimated That 8-10 Millions Adults & 1 Million Chliderns World Wide Are Infected With HIV Virus. • AIDS is one of The Sexually Transmitted Disease.

1. HIV / AIDS
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2. CONTENTS:
•INTRODUCTION
•DEFINITION
•STRUCTURE
•REPLICATION
•SOURCES
•TRANSMISSION
•SYMPTOMS
•DIAGNOSIS
•CONTROL

3. INTRODUCTION
•AIDS IS THE DEADLIEST IS
PANDEMIC IN HUMANS IT IS CAUSED
BY HIV.
•AIDS IS THE LAST STAGE OF HIV
INFECTION.
•FIRST IDENTIFIED BY Dr.LUC
MONTAGNIER & HIS COLLEGUES.

4. •THEY ESTIMATED THAT 8-10 MILLIONS ADULTS &
1 MILLION CHLIDERNS WORLD WIDE ARE
INFECTED WITH HIV VIRUS.
•AIDS IS ONE OF THE SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED
DISEASE.
•73% HIV IS AQUIRED BY SEXUAL CONTACT.
•THE FIRST AIDS CASE IN INDIA WAS IN 1986
FROM CHENNAI, SINCE THEN THERE IS BEEN A
RAPID SPREAD OF HIV INFECTION ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY.
•80% OF MALES & 20% FEMALES ALMOST 90%
WITH HIV WERE IN THE AGE GROUP 15-40
YEARS.

5. DEFINITION
•AIDS: ACQUIRED IMMUNO DEFICIENCY
SYNDROME.
•AIDS IS RECEIVED FROM THE INFECTED
PERSON. SO IT IS SAIDTO BE ACQUIRED.
•AIDS IS CAUSED BY THE INFECTION OF
RNA VIRUS ON LYMPHOCYTES AS A
RESULT THE ACTIVITY OF T-HELPER
CELLS IS DEPRSED.
•THIS LEADS TO THE SUPRESSION OF
THE IMMUNE SYSTEM HENCE THE NAME

6. •AS THE INITIAL INFECTION OF VIRUS
PASS THE WAY FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF COMPLEX OF
DISEASE . IT IS CALLED SYNDROME

11. SOURCES
•HIV IS TRANSMITTED THROUGH
UNPROTECTED SEXUAL INTERCOURSE.
•5-10% ADULTS ARE INFECTED BY SHARING
HIV INFECTED NEEDLES.
•HIV IS TRANMITTED BY TRANSFUSION OF
INFECTED BLOOD.
•A PREGANT WOMAN WITH HIV IS ABLE TO
PASS THE VIRUS TO HER FOETEUS DURING
PREGNANCY OR CHILD BIRTH.
•SOME TIMES WOMAN PASS HIV TO THE BABY
BY BREAST MILK.

12. TRANSMISSION
•SEXUAL CONTACT BOTH HOMOSEXUAL
AND HETROSEXUAL.
•BLOOD TRANFUSION.
•MOTHER TO FOETUS THROUGH THE
PLANCENTA.
•INJECTION WITH UNSTERILE SYRINGES
AND NEEDLES.
•BREAST FEEDING BY INFECTED
MOTHER.

13. SYMPTOMS
•AIDS PATIENTS INTIALLY SHOWS
FEVER, RASHES, SWELLING OF LYMPH
NODES, WEIGHT LOSS.
•WBC COUNT IS REDUCED AND BLOOD
PLATELET COUNT IS LOWERED.
•PATIENTS USALLY DEVELOP A FORM OF
CANCER.
•DEATH IS CAUSED IN 2-10 YEARS.

14. DIAGNOSIS
•ELISA
•WESTERN BLOTTING
•PCR

15. CONTROL
•SYRINGES, NEEDLES & OTHER
MATERIALS SHOULD BE STERLISED.
•AVOIDING OF SHARING MATERIALS.
•SCREENING OF BLOOD BEFORE
TRANSFUSSION.
•SEXUAL CONTACT WITH SEX WORKERS
SHOULD BE AVOIDED.
•USE OF CONDOMS DURING SEXUAL
CONTACT – “PLAY SAFE SEX”

16. TREATMENT
•There are Several Anti Retroviral Drugs
which helps to suppress the viral load
can be used in controlling the disease
progress

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