VIH PRESENTATION

human immunodeficiency virus

where does this virus come from

• From a similar virus present in great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas)

• The virus to infect people in Africa before adapting to humans.
  

• This is how the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was born
  

• The first proven case was discovered in 1950
  

the structure of this virus

• Lentivirus family

People affECTED AND means of transmission

• Sexual transmission by genital secretions :70 to 80 % of cases
  

• Transmission by blood during donation or contact
  

• Maternal-fetal transmission
  

• During childbirth
  

• During breastfeeding
  

disease and treatment

• HIV causes Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
  

• HAART - Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy

• Stem cell transplantation