Human Immunodeficiency Virus Crossword

HIV is reproduced at high levels in this stage and is highly contagious (1)
This stage is also known as the clinical latency. The virus is dormant, and most people are asymptomatic. (1)
HIV derived from the original disease that infected chimpanzees in Central Africa (1)
HIV is diagnosed by a significant decrease in which cell count (2)
Most severe stage of HIV (1)
It is not possible for HIV to survive outside of the _____ or the lymphatic tissue (2)
Most common spread route of infection worldwide (2)
HIV can be detected ___ days after infection (2)
Most individuals experience __ - like symptoms after a few days to weeks from being exposed (2)
As the CD4 levels decrease, the ___ levels increase (2)
Mechanism by which the innate and adaptive immune system work to rid the body of HIV (2)
Mutations within the virus genome led to its escape from the immune system (2)
Term used to define individuals who are not able to detect HIV viremia for years (2)
Damage to this tissue is caused by constant activation of the immune system and virus replication (2)
Without treatment, onset HIV infection can progress to AIDS within __ years. (2)
HIV enters the host cell through ____ of its envelope membrane with the host cell membrane (3)
HIV can be transmitted by sharing ___ for drug use (1)
When people have AIDS, their immune system is so severely damaged that they experience numerous ___ (1)
When someone with HIV, contracts another strain of the virus (1)
HIV does not cannot survive long or reproduce ____ the host cell (1)
HIV is transmitted through blood and ____ (1)
Taking HIV _____ can lower the viral load and make the infection undetectable (1)
Medicine used to prevent getting an HIV infection (1)
PrEP medication to prevent contracting HIV through sex, not for people born as female (1)
PrEP medication to prevent anyone from contracting HIV through sex or drug use (1)
PrEP medication takes ___ days to reach maximum protection for receptive anal sex (1)
PrEP medication takes ___ days to reach maximum protection for receptive vaginal sex and drug use (1)
PrEP protects against HIV but does not protect against other ____ (1)
The FDA has only approved PrEP to be taken ____ daily (1)
Off label use for taking PrEP to prevent HIV is known as (1)
HIV medication that should only be used in emergency situations (1)
PEP should be taken within ____ hours of possible HIV exposure (1)
Main side effect of taking PEP (1)
There are ___ number of steps in the HIV replication cycle (2)
HIV’s most powerful weapon that gives it the ability to overpower the immune system, drugs, and vaccines (2)
HIV has a rapid viral _____ , generating 1010 virions per day (2)
During reverse transcriptase, HIV makes one ____ per genome per replication round (2)
Recombination of two or more HIV _____ occurs within the same individual (2)
Duration which HIV infection is present but the antibodies cannot be detected yet (2)
The causative agent for AIDS (4)
The first FDA approved reverse transcriptase inhibitor for treating AIDS (4)
HIV’s genome is encoded by ____ (4)
Could be the primary entry pathway for HIV infection into some host cells (3)
____ pH enhances HIV endocytosis and fusion with the host cell (3)
HIV fusion inhibitors block ______ but do not block viral transmission from cell to cell (3)
In 2019 the male to ___ sexual contact transmission category made up 65% of new HIV diagnosis (1)