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*the human immuno-deficiency virus (HIV) is a ‘lentivirus’ (a subgroup of ‘retrovirus’) that causes HIV infection and over time ‘acquired immuno-deficiency syndrome’ (AIDS)*
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“WORLD HIV AWARENESS DAY”
(SEPTEMBER 18TH)
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“UNITED STATES GAY MEN’S HIV/AIDS AWARENESS DAY”
(SEPTEMBER 27TH)
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“NATIONAL LATINO AIDS AWARENESS DAY”
(OCTOBER 15TH)
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“enough is enough!”
(let’s devote some days to other viruses to cure that AREN’T spread by irresponsible sexual behaviors)
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(because latinos represent 14% of US population but represent 20% of AIDS patients)
(oh no! we’ve OVER-DIVERSIFIED!!!!)
(who cares about over-proportional representation for negative afflictions of this 6% magnitude?!?)
(just focus on ALL AIDS patients)
(even though the majority of people who contract the disease do so out of pure negligence)
(or worse, hedonistic indifference)
(either via ‘unprotected sex’ or ‘shared needles’)
(not counting for babies born with AIDS or botched blood transfusions)
(HAVEN’T WE HAD ENOUGH “AIDS DAYS” FOR 1 LIFETIME!?!?!)
(AND YET WE STILL FEEL A NEED TO SUBDIVIDE THE ‘AFFLICTED’ INTO GROUPS FOR “SPECIAL CONSIDERATION”)
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(‘AIDS’ is a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening ‘opportunistic infections’ and ‘cancers’ to thrive)
(without treatment, average survival time after infection with HIV is estimated to be 9 to 11 years, depending on the HIV subtype)
(infection with HIV occurs by the transfer of blood, pre-ejaculate, semen, vaginal fluids, or breast milk)
(within these bodily fluids, HIV is present as both free virus particles and virus within infected immune cells)
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(HIV infects ‘vital cells’ in the ‘human immune system’ such as…)
‘helper T cells’
(specifically CD4+ T cells)
‘macrophages’
‘dendritic cells’
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(HIV infection leads to low levels of CD4+ T cells through a number of mechanisms, including pyroptosis of abortively infected T cells, apoptosis of uninfected bystander cells, direct viral killing of infected cells, and killing of infected CD4+ T cells by CD8 cytotoxic lymphocytes that recognize infected cells)
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(when CD4+ T cell numbers decline below a critical level, cell-mediated immunity is lost, and the body becomes progressively more susceptible to ‘opportunistic infections’)
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥