Kwayar cutar HIV 1/2

Kwayar cutar kanjamau (HIV), wadda ke haifar da cutar kanjamau (AIDS), ta samo asali ne daga dangin retrovirus. Hanyoyin da ake kamuwa da cutar kanjamau sun haɗa da jini da kayayyakin jini da suka gurɓata, saduwa da juna, ko kuma kamuwa da cutar kanjamau da uwa da jariri suka kamu da ita kafin, lokacin, da kuma bayan juna biyu. An gano ƙwayoyin cuta guda biyu masu rage garkuwar jiki ga ɗan adam, wato HIV-1 da HIV-2, zuwa yanzu.

A halin yanzu, gwaje-gwajen serological sune babban tushen gano cutar HIV a dakin gwaje-gwaje. Wannan samfurin yana amfani da fasahar colloidal gold immunochromatography kuma ya dace da gano kamuwa da cutar ta ɗan adam, wanda sakamakonsa don amfani ne kawai.