How Does the Body Fight Disease? How Does HIV Affect the Immune System?
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AIM: How does HIV affect the immune AIM: How does HIV affect the immune system? system?
DO NOW: List three things you know about HIV. DO NOW: List three things you know about HIV.
Vocabulary: human immunodeficiency virus Vocabulary: human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV), acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), opportunistic infection(AIDS), opportunistic infection
Final Paper due tonight at 11:59pmFinal Paper due tonight at 11:59pm
Projects due tomorrow. Bring to room 208 Projects due tomorrow. Bring to room 208 between 7:15 and 7:30 tomorrow morning.between 7:15 and 7:30 tomorrow morning.
Review Worksheet due Thursday. Posted on Review Worksheet due Thursday. Posted on Website.Website.
Review Topics posted for Final 1/21Review Topics posted for Final 1/21
Human Immunodeficiency Human Immunodeficiency VirusVirus
HIV is a “retrovirus.” Its genetic material is RNA.It can infect helper T cells and macrophages.
HIV Transmission
What are some ways that HIV is transmitted? How cantransmission of HIV be prevented?
When the helper T cell count falls When the helper T cell count falls below a critical level, the patient has below a critical level, the patient has
AIDS.AIDS. Read the passage from the play Read the passage from the play
Angels in AmericaAngels in America by Tony Kushner. by Tony Kushner. UnderlineUnderline any portions of the any portions of the
reading that refer to CAUSES of reading that refer to CAUSES of AIDS.AIDS.
CIRCLE any portions of the reading CIRCLE any portions of the reading that refer to symptoms of AIDS.that refer to symptoms of AIDS.
What is your general impression of What is your general impression of the conversation?the conversation?
Acquired Immune Acquired Immune Deficiency SyndromeDeficiency Syndrome
CausesCauses SymptomsSymptoms
Movie: And the Band Played Movie: And the Band Played OnOn
Answer the following questions.Answer the following questions. What were the CDC doctors trying to What were the CDC doctors trying to
determine? How did they go about it?determine? How did they go about it? What was the response of the blood What was the response of the blood
banks to the warnings from the CDC? banks to the warnings from the CDC? What does the film suggest about the What does the film suggest about the
social and political climate at the social and political climate at the beginning of the AIDS epidemic? beginning of the AIDS epidemic?