AIDS_FinalReview2011 - 1 Review for Final Exam The final...

Review for Final Exam
The final exam will consist of questions in the multiple-choice and true/false format.
A scantron will be provided for the final exam. Focus on the lectures (i.e. notes and
PowerPoint slides) and readings, particularly the posted articles.
Modes of HIV transmission & Prevention of HIV/AIDS
- How have the trends in misconception about HIV/AIDS changed over time?
- Three reasons why HAART is not the ultimate panacea for HIV/AIDS
- Three examples of how antiretroviral therapy benefits prevention
- How have HIV infection rates in the U.S. changed in the last 25 years?
o What can we attribute the decline in infection in the mid-to-late 1980s?
o Refer to slide Current Challenge in the U.S.; know three potential reasons
for the recent increase in infection rates among MSM.
- From the 1980s to1990s, what group was targeted for prevention efforts? Why?
- Positive prevention is endorsed by whom? It is consistent with ?
o Know the recommendations for Africa outlined in both the required
reading and slides.
- Know the sources of infectious HIV
o HIV is present in which cells?
o Why can HIV be readily transmitted via some bodily fluids (e.g. blood),
but not others (e.g. perspiration) ?
o High concentrations of HIV are found in which four bodily fluids?
o Is HIV fragile outside of its host?
- From an epidemiologic perspective, why do family members of HIV+
hemophiliacs offer a unique opportunity to study casual transmission of HIV?
- Three modes of HIV transmission :
1) Identify the three forms of Blood-to-blood transmission ;
o What can be done to prevent these routes of transmission ?
- 2) Sexual transmission
o Why is intercourse (vaginal/anal) a good mode of transmission?
o What is the approximate risk of male to female transmission of HIV?
 Reasons why one gender is more susceptible to HIV than the other
o Review slide on oral-genital transmission of HIV
o Be familiar with the ABC campaign
 What do the three letters represent?