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HIV/Aids care and Counselling PYC2605 NOTES FROM TUTOR Chapter 1: HIV & Aids: A brief History Chapter 1: Tutorial Please add your answers to the tutorial of Chapter 1 in this discussion thread. As soon as there are replies we can discuss them accordingly. Good luck! 1. What do the acronyms HIV and Aids stand for? 2. Why is Aids called an acquired deficiency of the immune system? 3. Who received the Nobel Prize for physiology and medicine for discovering HIV? 4. What are some of the functions of conspiracy theories? 5. What is the difference between key populations and vulnerable populations? Chapter 1: Tutorial answers 1. What do the acronyms HIV and Aids stand for? HIV is an acronym for ‘human immunodeficiency virus’ Aids is an acronym for ‘acquired immunodeficiency syndrome’ 2. Why is Aids called an acquired deficiency of the immune system? Aids is a disease that is acquired, which means that it is not inherited. Instead, it is caused by a virus that is outside the body (the human immunodeficiency virus or HIV) that finds its way into the body