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| encephalopathy, wasting syndrome |
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| What is ELISA do? what's a positive result mean? |
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| screens for HIV; means you've got HIV |
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| what's a western blot do? |
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| what indicator does western blot use? |
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| decreased WBC with CD4 marker |
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| spherical, enveloped, w/lipid bilayer w/GP spikes |
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| name some opportunistic infections of HIV |
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| pneumo pneumonia, cryptosporiditis, toxoplasmosis, TB, candidiasis, histoplasmosis, blastomycosis, cryptococcosis, salmonellisis |
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| name some cancers of AIDS |
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| Kaposi's sarcoma, primary b lymphoma |
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| mom->fetus, mom->breast feeding, sexual contact, blood-->blood |
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| best single predictor of opportunistic infection: |
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| what level of cd4 is pretty bad? |
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| protease inhibitors: crixivan from merck; saquinavir from Hoffman-Laroche |
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| PI=6000; azt/ddi=3-4,000; 3tc=2,600 to 3,000 |
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| how many americans have HIV? |
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| how many people in US have an std? what kind are they? |
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| T/F: there is immunity to gonorrhea. |
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| how many cases of stds reported daily? |
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| how many cases of chlamydia per year? |
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| how much were soldiers docked in wwI? what for? |
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| 10cents per day for ten days; for contracting std. |
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| where did ppng come from? |
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Definition
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| what are the three top viruses? |
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| how many stds are spread by contact? |
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| which do not have to be spread by sexual contact? |
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| herpes, warts, trichomoniasis, gonorrhea |
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| why weren't African americans allowed to donate blood in the past? |
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| what group carries most stds? |
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| how many people have herpes? |
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| how many people have warts? |
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| what's the cost of stds to the us? |
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| 400 black men weren't told how bad syphilis was. children got jacked-up hutchinson's teeth. |
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gonorrhea: aka?
incubation period? |
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men: painful, burning urination, more pee, epididymal infx.
female: asymptomatic or a little watery. frequent, urgent urination. |
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| how do you treat gonorrhea? |
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| what's ppng? how do you get rid of it? |
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Definition
| destroys beta-lambda ring on penicillin. use spectomycin and tetracyclin. |
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Term
| syphilis: aka? describe its symptoms. |
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Definition
| the great imposter; hard chancre, painless, purplish. |
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| what causes syphilis? incubation period? stages? |
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Definition
| treponema pallidum; 14-30; 1 is chancre, 2 is rash, latent is decades later, 3 is gumma, heart diseases or death. |
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Definition
penicillin.
serologic tests (wasserman) i.e. vdrl and rpr |
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| how do you confirm syphilis? |
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Definition
| FA, TTA, THG, Silver stain |
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| incubation period for chancroid? symptoms? |
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| 3-5; swollen glands and nodes. painful. well-defined border. |
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| NO PENICILLIN. use erythromycin and ceftrixone. |
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| chlamydia: rate? symptoms? |
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Definition
| 4m/yr, urethral infx, discharge, painful pee, vag bleeding |
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| how many people have herpes? |
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| what do herpes look like? incubation? |
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Definition
| vesicles that burn and are fluid filled and itchy; 7-10 |
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| what strains of HPV are genital warts associated with? |
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| how many are infected with genital warts? |
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| what strains are cervical cancer associated with? |
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| soft, moist, pink swelling |
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| incubation for genital warts? tx? |
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Definition
| 2-3months; removed via acid treatment or liquid nitrogen |
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| symptoms of trichomoniasis: |
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Definition
| men: minor urethritis, women: foul, frothy discharge |
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| yeast infx. candida albicans. cottage cheese discharge. |
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