Electron Microscopic Images of HIV

Here are some of the images obtained via the electron microscope along with some of the relevant  information. This scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image revealed the presence of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1), which had been co-cultivated with human lymphocytes. Note the lymphocyte in the lower left, and some of its extended pseudopodia. HIV-1 virions…

HIV and its progression to AIDS

HIV and its progression to AIDS

HIV The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is one of the most unique and dangerous virus. I say unique because of the fact that once the virus colonizes the host, the host cannot get rid of the virus till it is alive. That means that once a person is having HIV, he/she has to live it…