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AIM: How does HIV affect the immune system?

AIM: How does HIV affect the immune system?. DO NOW: List three things you know about HIV. Vocabulary: human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), opportunistic infection Final Paper due tonight at 11:59pm

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AIM: How does HIV affect the immune system?

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  1. AIM: How does HIV affect the immune system? • DO NOW: List three things you know about HIV. • Vocabulary: human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), opportunistic infection • Final Paper due tonight at 11:59pm • Projects due tomorrow. Bring to room 208 between 7:15 and 7:30 tomorrow morning. • Review Worksheet due Thursday. Posted on Website. • Review Topics posted for Final 1/21

  2. Human Immunodeficiency Virus HIV is a “retrovirus.” Its genetic material is RNA. It can infect helper T cells and macrophages.

  3. HIV Transmission What are some ways that HIV is transmitted? How can transmission of HIV be prevented?

  4. When the helper T cell count falls below a critical level, the patient has AIDS. • Read the passage from the play Angels in America by Tony Kushner. • Underline any portions of the reading that refer to CAUSES of AIDS. • CIRCLE any portions of the reading that refer to symptoms of AIDS. • What is your general impression of the conversation?

  5. Causes Symptoms Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

  6. Movie: And the Band Played On • Answer the following questions. • What were the CDC doctors trying to determine? How did they go about it? • What was the response of the blood banks to the warnings from the CDC? • What does the film suggest about the social and political climate at the beginning of the AIDS epidemic?

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