Edsel Salvaña: The dangerous evolution of HIV
Edsel Salvaña: Die gefährliche Entwicklung von HIV
TED Fellow Edsel Salvaña studies the genetics of HIV, and he worries that we are just a few mutations away from the next deadly pandemic. Full bio
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and bluest skies on the planet.
und blauesten Himmel dieses Planeten.
HIV epidemics in the world.
HIV-Epidemien der Welt.
as if we are just a late bloomer.
als wären wir nur ein Spätzünder.
for our current epidemic
für unsere momentane Epidemie
a global resurgence of HIV.
einen globalen Wiederanstieg von HIV an.
continue to drop in the world,
neuer HIV-Fälle weltweit sinkt,
womöglich nicht lange an,
and resistant viruses arrive.
und resistenteren Viren eintrifft.
into a new and different virus
neuen, andersartigen Virus zu entwickeln,
bei der Bekämpfung der Epidemie,
we've made in reversing the epidemic,
viral mutations away from disaster.
von einer Katastrophe entfernt.
in which HIV transforms itself
bei jeder Reproduktion zu verstehen,
among humans of different races
von Menschen verschiedener Rassen,
is only 0.1 percent.
in der DNA nur 0,1 Prozent.
and rhesus macaques,
und Rhesusaffen betrachten,
auf sieben Prozent.
between HIV subtypes
der Unterschied zwischen HIV-Subtypen
wurde gezeigt,
einem ansteckenden Mutter-Virus
between an infecting mother virus
as much as five percent.
giving birth to a chimpanzee,
der in seinem Leben einen Schimpansen,
within its lifetime.
Menschenaffen gebiert.
being discovered regularly.
is almost all of one subtype:
entspricht fast immer einem Subtyp:
and do to treat HIV
und tun, um HIV zu behandeln,
accounts for 12 percent
of cases of HIV in the world.
genetischen Unterschiede
genetic difference
arzneimittelresistent
to become drug-resistant
of HIV cases in the Philippines
auf den Philippinen
from the Western subtype B
von dem westlichen Subtyp B
Southeast Asian subtype AE.
der aggressiver ist, beruht.
jünger und kränker sind
gegen Arzneimittel aufweisen.
in developed countries,
Canada and the United States.
Kanada und die USA.
explosion of cases in these countries.
eine Explosion ähnlichen Ausmaßes sehen.
dass HIV Geschichte ist
it can come right back.
schnurstracks zurückkommen.
malaria was on the ropes.
stopped paying attention.
nicht mehr aufmerksam.
of drug-resistant malaria.
einer arzneimittelresistenten Malaria.
that we think we've figured out,
den wir zu verstehen glauben,
and highly unique viruses,
von sich schnell ändernden Viren,
the next deadly epidemic.
die nächste tödliche Epidemie auslösen.
more powerful and new tools
und neue Mittel ein,
the next deadly HIV strain,
HIV-Stamm zu identifizieren.
with urgent research
dringend benötigter Forschung
of non-B subtypes.
der nicht-B Subtypen gehen.
Fördergesellschaften davon überzeugen,
sind bereits an HIV gestorben.
einer AIDS-freien Generation.
of an AIDS-free generation.
weitere Millionen sterben.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Edsel Salvaña - Infectious disease specialist, molecular epidemiologistTED Fellow Edsel Salvaña studies the genetics of HIV, and he worries that we are just a few mutations away from the next deadly pandemic.
Why you should listen
Dr. Edsel Salvaña discovered that the driving force behind a new AIDS epidemic in the Philippines is the entry and spread of a deadlier strain of HIV -- a situation that can easily occur anywhere in the world.
Salvaña is an infectious disease specialist, molecular epidemiologist and is the director of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology at the National Institutes of Health at the University of the Philippines in Manila. He is using next-generation sequencing and other cutting-edge genetic tools to study HIV viral diversity and superinfection. He is looking at how HIV develops drug resistance to better understand why his country suddenly has the fastest growing HIV epidemic in Asia; and why HIV treatment that works well in developed countries is failing on emerging HIV strains in the Philippines and resource-limited settings. He trains doctors in infectious diseases, and supervises the care of several thousand HIV patients at the Philippine General Hospital. He has been a national force in the formulation of HIV treatment guidelines, campaigning against stigma, and raising awareness.
Salvaña's advocacy work has been featured in Science, and he has been recognized with numerous national and international awards including the "Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World" from JCI International and the Young Physician Leader Award from the Interacademy Medical Panel of the World Academy of Sciences. He was named a TED Fellow in 2017.
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