Edsel Salvaña: The dangerous evolution of HIV
Edsel Salvaña: Niebezpieczna ewolucja 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.
i błękitnego nieba,
HIV epidemics in the world.
szerzących się epidemii HIV.
as if we are just a late bloomer.
co wcześniej w pozostałej części świata.
for our current epidemic
a global resurgence of HIV.
globalny nawrót wirusa HIV.
continue to drop in the world,
na świecie ciągle spada,
może trwać tylko do czasu,
and resistant viruses arrive.
odporniejsze wirusy.
into a new and different virus
w nowy rodzaj wirusa
we've made in reversing the epidemic,
w walce z jego epidemią
viral mutations away from disaster.
raptem kilka mutacji.
in which HIV transforms itself
among humans of different races
is only 0.1 percent.
and rhesus macaques,
i makaków królewskich,
between HIV subtypes
between an infecting mother virus
między wirusem infekującym
as much as five percent.
giving birth to a chimpanzee,
w ciągu życia urodziła szympansa,
within its lifetime.
przedstawiciela człekokształtnych.
being discovered regularly.
is almost all of one subtype:
przeważa jeden podtyp HIV:
and do to treat HIV
na temat HIV i walki z nim
accounts for 12 percent
za jedynie 12 procent przypadków
of cases of HIV in the world.
genetic difference
to become drug-resistant
mogą stać się oporne na leki
of HIV cases in the Philippines
liczby zakażeń HIV na Filipinach
from the Western subtype B
zachodniego podtypu B
Southeast Asian subtype AE.
z Azji Południowo-Wschodniej,
chorują coraz bardziej
in developed countries,
Canada and the United States.
czy Stany Zjednoczone.
explosion of cases in these countries.
dominującym podtypem.
it can come right back.
i ta może powrócić.
malaria was on the ropes.
była niemal opanowana.
stopped paying attention.
przestali się nią interesować.
of drug-resistant malaria.
i oporna na leki.
that we think we've figured out,
który prawie rozgryźliśmy,
and highly unique viruses,
i unikalnych wirusów,
the next deadly epidemic.
śmiercionośną epidemię.
more powerful and new tools
i lepszych narzędzi
the next deadly HIV strain,
najgroźniejsze odmiany HIV,
with urgent research
odpowiednich badań
of non-B subtypes.
podtypów innych niż B.
zmarło z powodu HIV.
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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