Group project for Intro to Biology Lab.

1. MYTHS ABOUT
HIV/AIDS
MICHAEL ARMSTRONG
MARI EARLE
NICOLE SMITH
DIAO BALDE

2. INTRODUCTION
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3. HIV IS CURABLE
•
No known “cure”
•
Treatment
•
Happiness
2

4. YOU WILL BE ABLE
TO TELL IF
SOMEONE HAS
HIV/AIDS
10
• Symptoms
• Protect yourself
• Safer sex

5. IF AN HIV POSITIVE
WOMAN GETS
PREGNANT, HER
CHILD WILL ALSO
GET HIV
2, 10
• Statistics
• Breastfeeding
• Test first!

6. IF BOTH PARTNERS
HAVE HIV, THEY
DON‟T HAVE TO
PRACTICE SAFE SEX
• Different strains
• Possibilities
• Treatment
2

7. I CAN GET HIV FROM
BEING AROUND
SOMEONE WITH AN
HIV INFECTION
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Breathing the same air
Toilet seats
Water fountains
Gym equipment
Hugging or kissing
Sharing eating utensils
TRUTH

8. IT DOESN‟T MATTER
IF I GET HIV BECAUSE
THE DRUGS WILL
KEEP ME PERFECTLY
HEALTHY
1
• About the drugs
• No drugs cure HIV
• Challenges

9. I CAN‟T GET HIV OR
AIDS FROM BODY
PIERCINGS OR
TATTOOS
10
• Sterilization
• Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention
• New needles
• Ask questions

10. HAVING SEX WITH A
VIRGIN CURES HIV
3
• Where it originated
• What it causes
• NOT TRUE
• Could spread the disease

11. HIV AND AIDS ARE
SYNONYMOUS
11
• HIV – Human Immunodeficiency
Virus
• AIDS – Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome

12. PEOPLE WITH HIV
HAVE A SHORT LIFE
EXPECTANCY
7
Every individual experiences HIV
differently. Individuals who have
access to antiretroviral treatment and
doctor care have a life expectancy of
anywhere from 20-50 years.

13. WOMEN CANNOT
TRANSMIT HIV TO
MEN
10
• Harder for this to
happen
• Still possible!

14. THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE INFECTED
WITH HIV IS GOING
DOWN
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• In America, new cases decreased
• People living with HIV increased
• In developing nations, people
infected and dying from HIV
continues to rise

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16. CONCLUSION
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“HIV FOR MANY PEOPLE DEFIES PRECISE CLASSIFICATION:
IT DOES NOT FIT THE PROFILE OF A „NORMAL‟ DISEASE. IT
INFLICTS THE DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING WORLD IN
DIFFERENT WAYS, HAS A LONG PERIOD OF APPARENT
INACTIVITY (MAKING ANALYSIS OF CAUSE AND EFFECT
DIFFICULT), AND ANY OF A LARGE NUMBER OF SYMPTOMS
CAN PRESENT AS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM WEAKENS, THEN
REVIVES.”

17. SOURCES
1. BRIDGES, DEBBIE, MD, 2009. THE TOP TEN MYTHS AND MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT HIV AND
AIDS. HTTP://WWW.WEBMD.COM/HIV-AIDS/TOP-10-MYTHS-MISCONCEPTIONS-ABOUT-HIV-AIDS.
ASSESSED FEBRUARY 19, 2012.
2. CICHLOKI, MARK R.N. ABOUT
.COM , 2009. TOP 10 HIV AND AIDS MYTHS.
HTTP://AIDS.ABOUT
.COM/OD/TOPTENLISTS/TP/HIVMYTHS.HTM. ACCESSED FEBRUARY 3, 2012
3. FLANAGAN, JANE, 2001. SOUTH AFRICAN MEN RAPE BABIES AS “CURE” FOR AIDS.
HTTP://WWW.TELEGRAPH.CO.UK/NEWS/WORLDNEWS/AFRICAANDINDIANOCEAN/SOUTHAFRIC
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FEBRUARY 19, 2012.
4. HARVARD HEALTH PUBLICATIONS. 2010. LIFE EXPECTANCY AFTER HIV INFECTION:
GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME. HTTP://HEALTH.MSN.COM/HEALTH-TOPICS/AIDS-HIV/LIFEEXPECTANCY-AFTER-HIV-INFECTION-GETTING-BETTER-ALL-THE-TIME. ACCESSED FEBRUARY
19, 2012.
5. HODGSON, I. 1999. MYTH AND HIV: THE ROLE OF CULTURAL NARRATIVE IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF HIV/AIDS.
HTTP://WWW.BRAD.AC.UK/STAFF/IJHODGSON/SUMMARIES/PUBLICATIONS/CULTURE_MYTH_HI
V.HTM#TOP ACCESSED FEBRUARY 20, 2012.
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6. LOMBINO, E. 2010. IS IT 1990 AGAIN? HIV/AIDS MYTHS ARE ALIVE AND ... SCARY
.
HTTP://NEWS.CHANGE.ORG/STORIES/IS-IT-1990-AGAIN-HIVAIDS-MYTHS-ARE-ALIVE-ANDSCARY ACCESSED FEBRUARY 20, 2012.
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18. SOURCES
7. MORGAN D, MAHE C, MAYANJA B, OKONGO JM, LUBEGA R, WHITWORTH JA (2002).
"HIV-1 INFECTION IN RURAL AFRICA: IS THERE A DIFFERENCE IN MEDIAN TIME TO AIDS
AND SURVIVAL COMPARED WITH THAT IN INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES?". AIDS 16 (4):
597–632. DOI:10.1097/00002030-200203080-00011. PMID 11873003.
HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/HIV#CITE_NOTE-MORGAN2-14. ACCESSED FEBRUARY 19,
2012.
8. SOWADSKY R. 2010. SEPARATING MYTHS FROM FACTS. THE BODY: THE COMPLETE
,
HIV/AIDS RESOURCE. HTTP://WWW.THEBODY
.COM/CONTENT/ART2293.HTML. ACCESSED
FEBRUARY 19, 2012.
9. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, (AIDS.GOV) 2011. WHAT IS
HIV/AIDS? HTTP://AIDS.GOV/HIV-AIDS-BASICS/HIV-AIDS-101/OVERVIEW/WHAT-IS-HIV-AIDS/.
ASSESSED FEBRUARY 19, 2012.
10. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 2011. MYTHS ABOUT HIV/AIDS.
HTTP://WOMENSHEALTH.GOV/HIV-AIDS/WHAT-IS-HIV-AIDS/MYTHS-ABOUT-HIV-AIDS.CFM.
ASSESSED FEBRUARY 19, 2012.
11. WEBMD. 2011. HIV AIDS PICTURES SLIDESHOW: MYTHS AND FACTS ON SYMPTOMS
AND TREATMENTS.
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TICLE.HTM . ACCESSED FEBRUARY 15, 2012.