Edsel Salvaña: The dangerous evolution of HIV
Edsel Salvaña: 人類免疫缺陷病毒嘅危險進化
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.
HIV epidemics in the world.
as if we are just a late bloomer.
似乎只係一個遲爆發 HIV 嘅國家
for our current epidemic
a global resurgence of HIV.
HIV 會再次喺全球爆發
正持續下降
continue to drop in the world,
and resistant viruses arrive.
將會更強烈、抗藥性更强
into a new and different virus
we've made in reversing the epidemic,
已經取得顯著進展
viral mutations away from disaster.
災難就可能會再次來襲
in which HIV transforms itself
HIV 每次增殖后顯著嘅基因變異
among humans of different races
is only 0.1 percent.
and rhesus macaques,
between HIV subtypes
between an infecting mother virus
as much as five percent.
giving birth to a chimpanzee,
就相當於大猩猩生黑猩猩
within its lifetime.
being discovered regularly.
is almost all of one subtype:
都係同一個亞種︰
and do to treat HIV
accounts for 12 percent
嘅百分之十二
of cases of HIV in the world.
genetic difference
顯著嘅基因差異
to become drug-resistant
of HIV cases in the Philippines
from the Western subtype B
Southeast Asian subtype AE.
東南亞 AE 亞種
in developed countries,
Canada and the United States.
explosion of cases in these countries.
就會喺呢啲國家發生
就錯啦
it can come right back.
malaria was on the ropes.
瘧疾大潮消退
stopped paying attention.
of drug-resistant malaria.
that we think we've figured out,
and highly unique viruses,
the next deadly epidemic.
引發下一次致命嘅疫情
more powerful and new tools
the next deadly HIV strain,
with urgent research
對非 B 亞種嘅緊急研究同適當治療
of non-B subtypes.
of an AIDS-free generation.
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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