Hiv Stocks List
Symbol | Grade | Name | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|---|
GSK | B | Glaxosmithkline Plc | 0.20 | |
0A4Y | B | AIM ImmunoTech Inc. | 7.44 | |
BPM | B | B.P. Marsh & Partners Plc | 3.12 | |
LOK | C | Lok'n Store Group Plc | 1.18 | |
FDBK | C | Feedback Plc | -7.14 | |
BMY | C | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc | 1.54 | |
KCT | D | Kin and Carta PLC | 0.16 | |
AAZ | D | Anglo Asian Mining Plc | 3.51 | |
CNA | F | Centrica Plc | -1.05 | |
KDR | F | Karelian Diamond Resources Plc | 0.00 |
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The human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) are two species of Lentivirus (a subgroup of retrovirus) that infect humans. Over time, they cause acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), a condition in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive. Without treatment, average survival time after infection with HIV is estimated to be 9 to 11 years, depending on the HIV subtype. In most cases, HIV is a sexually transmitted infection and occurs by contact with or transfer of blood, pre-ejaculate, semen, and vaginal fluids. Research has shown (for both same-sex and opposite-sex couples) that HIV is untransmittable through condomless sexual intercourse if the HIV-positive partner has a consistently undetectable viral load. Non-sexual transmission can occur from an infected mother to her infant during pregnancy, during childbirth by exposure to her blood or vaginal fluid, and through breast milk. Within these bodily fluids, HIV is present as both free virus particles and virus within infected immune cells.
HIV infects vital cells in the human immune system, such as helper T cells (specifically CD4+ T cells), macrophages, and dendritic cells. HIV infection leads to low levels of CD4+ T cells through a number of mechanisms, including pyroptosis of abortively infected T cells, apoptosis of uninfected bystander cells, direct viral killing of infected cells, and killing of infected CD4+ T cells by CD8+ cytotoxic lymphocytes that recognize infected cells. When CD4+ T cell numbers decline below a critical level, cell-mediated immunity is lost, and the body becomes progressively more susceptible to opportunistic infections, leading to the development of AIDS.
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