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AIDS prevention & treatment

The prevention and treatment of acquired immune deficiency syndrome or AIDS, which is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The illness interferes with the immune system, making people with AIDS much more likely to get infections. HIV is transmitted through direct contact with HIV-infected body fluids, such as blood, semen, and genital secretions, or from an HIV-infected mother to her child during pregnancy, birth, or breastfeeding (through breast milk).

Contributors in AIDS prevention & treatment

AIDS prevention & treatment

Cytokine

Health care; AIDS prevention & treatment

En familie af proteiner fremstillet af celler, især ved immun celler. Cytokiner act som kemiske budbringere mellem celler til at regulere Immunsystemet svar.

burkitt lymfom

Health care; AIDS prevention & treatment

En hurtigt voksende type B-celle non-Hodgkin lymfom (kræft i det lymphatic systemet). Burkitt lymfom betragtes en AIDS-definere kræft i mennesker med HIV.

microbicid

Health care; AIDS prevention & treatment

Et rusmiddel, kemiske eller andet stof, der bruges til at dræbe mikroorganismer. i stigende grad begrebet bruges specifikt til stoffer, der forhindrer eller reducerer fremsendelse af seksuelt ...

nukleinsyre

Health care; AIDS prevention & treatment

En familie af molekyler, der findes i alle levende celler og virus. Nukleinsyrer, som omfatter DNA og RNA, kontrol cellulær funktion og arvelighed.

Sperm vask

Health care; AIDS prevention & treatment

En laboratorieprocedure det indebærer "vask" sæd fra en HIV-smittet mand til at adskille sperm fra den flydende del af sæd. Fordi seminal væske indeholder den højeste koncentration af HIV, "vaskede" ...

Polymerasekædereaktionen (PCR)

Health care; AIDS prevention & treatment

Et laboratorium teknik, der bruges til at producere store mængder af specifikke DNA-fragmenter. PCR anvendes for gentest og diagnosticere sygdommen.

lymphocyte spredning assay

Health care; AIDS prevention & treatment

En laboratorieanalyse, at foranstaltningerne lymphocytes evne til at replikere (formere) når det udsættes for et antigen.

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