HIV Structure

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A virus is not a cell, but is made up of genetic instructions contained in a protective shell.

A single HIV virus particle is called a virion. It is spherical and one 10,000th of a millimeter in diameter.

The protective shell of the virus is known as the viral envelope. It is composed of two layers of fatty molecules.

Embedded in the envelope surface is complex HIV protein called the env protein that sticks out of the envelope surface.

Env consists of a cap called gp120 and a stem called gp41.

The viral core is called the capsid.
Major elements within the viral core are:

Two single strands of HIV RNA. RNA carries genetic instructions that allow the HIV virus to replicate itself.

Three enzymes that are needed for replication of the virus.

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  • AZT is a ...

    AZT is a psycoactive.

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    PLEASE, open your eyes and look for the name: STEFAN LANKA on Google!

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  • not every member of ...

    not every member of society has the luck to grow up in an wealthy environment...ok? or even can buy a condome or marry....

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  • could be that your ...

    could be that your god is living on this earth...i thought hell is for the fallen angels and humans. means your god must be a devilish one...lol
    innocent people are also infected by birth...rethink your comment please.

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  • I FOUND HOW TO ...

    I FOUND HOW TO CLEAR FROM HIV!!!!!

    just use meds and ACCELERATE METABOLISM!I dreamed it when i wached this movie.i m sirious!Do anybody make experiment?

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  • actually there are ...

    actually there are anti-viral drugs known as AZT that is suppose to slow down the HIV's rate of infection.

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  • Yes. If we give the ...

    Yes. If we give the body a drip of IL-2 and IL-4, it will be produced! HIV does produce this antibody, at too low a level to work. We cna give pills of this, and spike it into action.

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  • I support HIV/AIDS. ...

    I support HIV/AIDS.

    It's a fact: HIV/AIDS is a curse sent by God to punish the non-monogamous and adulterous, and their children. If anyone actually reads the Bible, they would see that the said curses are written very clearly.

    I thank God for HIV/AIDS. I am happy that so many non-monogamous/adulterous people get it (but I do sympathize for people who get it through a blood transfusion).

    It also makes me feel better to see non-monogamous, non-virgin women get HIV, because I hate them.

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    Doubt so... Otherwise, AIDS will be a small issue by now.

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  • Is there any ...

    Is there any anti-HIV?

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  • w w w . ...

    w w w . multi-illusion . com/aids . htm

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    ALLAH (C.C.)ım tüm müslümanları muhafaza buyur YA RABBİM. AMİN

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  • "this test should ...

    "this test should NOT be used to determine the absence or presence of hiv infection" - from the hiv test kit label.

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  • I truly appreciate ...

    I truly appreciate the efforts of highly capable and intelligent people to post informational video clips such as this. I use them all of the time to help educate my students. Thank you!

    I am confused as to why there are so many uneducated people posting unintelligent comments so often. Maybe they are learning?

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  • Everybody notice ...

    Everybody notice that they ALWAYS just show computer animations? They can't find HIV. This is all their THEORY on what it looks like and how it works. It doesn't exist!! I tell you who WILL bloody try and make it and thats Fort Detriks.

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