Introduction How can HIV(Human Immunodeficiency Virus) be transmitted? This question has been asked by many scientists across the globe. From their research they have figured out that HIV can be transmitted in several different ways. It can be transmit by sexual contact, pregnancy, breast feeding, injection drug use, occupational exposure, blood transfusion, and organ transplant. Based on this information, I will be conducting an experiment that tests how a virus travels through a population. I believe that the number of people that are infected with the HIV virus will increase rapidly because it is highly contagious. Experimental Methodology To begin our experiment, twenty student were given a test tube filled with water and salt …show more content…
In my class, there were three initial cases of HIV out of twenty students. Based on this revelation, we can infer that the HIV virus can spread very quickly. But what happens once the virus is in your body? Once in the body the HIV virus spreads through your blood. The genetic material in HIV is RNA(ribonucleic acid). This genetic material impacts the spread of the virus because it then turns into DNA and then the DNA is transported to the nucleus of a cell and the virus kills the cell weakening the immune system. In the lab that our class conducted, we inferred that the HIV virus spread through the changing of substances from one test tube to the other. We were able to determine who the three initial carries were by tracking who started to mingle with who and change substances. We observed the spread of the number of cases of HIV because we were interested in who had the virus …show more content…
Out of twenty student who were tested for the virus, sixteen where infected and four were not. In fifth period, which is my class, Tyler, Gabriel, and Joel were the three people who were initially infected and spread the virus to some of the other students who then gave it to more students. Based on the chart bellow, we can see that viruses can be highly contagious and us humans should be very carful about it. This pie chart and table are expressing that there were a total of twenty students, sixteen were infected,four were not, and only three students were initially diagnosed with HIV. From this data I can predict that a flue virus would have a similar outcome because HIV and the flue spread throughout the body the same way and they both are very easy to get. I had an amazing time doing this lab with my friends and trying to figure out who where the people who were initially infected with HIV. Based on what I learned about communicable diseases, I can conclude that they are very easily transmitted. If you either have the flue or HIV, both viruses get into your blood stream and spread throughout your body. I also learned that we need to use precaution when it comes to dealing with HIV because we can't tell right away if we have it or not and if not detected on time, then it could become