Everything to Know that can be found in the reviews:
Immunology
- [ ] What are the stages of a Viral Infection
- [ ] How a virus infects a host cell
- [ ] What are the 2 most vulnerable age groups? (Answer: Peds & Older Adults)
- [ ] Ped patients don’t have a fully devleoped immune system - slower response
- [ ] Older adults immune system - not as responsive eto antigens
- [ ] What type of virus is HIV? (Answer: retrovirus)
- [ ] What is reverse transcriptase
- [ ] What are the two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2
- [ ] Understand the process of transmission
- [ ] Clinical Manifestations at time of transmission
- [ ] What is viral Load Progression
- [ ] Progression of Illness as Patient moves to AIDS
- [ ] Undetectable = untransmissible
- [ ] Canada has a 90-90-90 target
- [ ] CD4 counts are only drawn in US
- [ ] The 3 types of HIV tests
- [ ] Opportunistic Infections (ex. TB, etc.)
- [ ] Birth parents and HIV