Biology 1001A Lecture Notes - Antibody, Dna Replication, Complementary Dna

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The general mechanisms by which vaccines protect against diseases: vaccines create a group of weapons for the immune system, which can be deployed when needed to fight the viral strain. When a viral infection is caught, it takes the body days or weeks to recognize and fight back; this is often too late. However, when you are pre-immunized, you already have pre-coded mechanisms to recognize and neutralize the virus, therefore completing the job faster. What is hiv: a retrovirus containing 2 copies of single-stranded rna (every living thing stores in. 1981, pandemic = occurs everywhere on earth (sub-saharan africa > 15% - 28% where. 90% of kids under the age of 15 have hiv)general global distribution of hiv infections = Adults + children est. to be living w/ hiv 24 million. People don"t have access to public health facilities/anti-viral treatments, close contact with animals. Killing, hunting & eating chimpanzees (chimps have siv)(zoonosis: jumped species barrier to humans)

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