AIDs
AIDS is to stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. The terms of AIDS and HIV refer to the same disease. AIDS could have to be a life threatening condition caused by HIV. AIDS is some kind of a chronic. ... Since the beginning of AIDS 21.8 people have died of AIDS and 4. ... 3 million people were infected with HIV and AIDS related deaths reached a record of 3 million. ... But right now it is estimated 900,000 Americans are living with AIDS. What are AIDS AIDS is to stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome(AIDS- HIV,2001, NIH Web,2001). AIDS could be a life threatening condition caused by HIV. The terms of AIDS and HIV refer to the same disease. AIDS is some kind of a chronic illness. ... AIDS virus attacks and eats away at the special white blood cells. ... Once the virus is in the immune system, it all starts to multiply, reproducing more and more AIDS virus. ... People with the count of fewer than 200 T- cells are considered to have AIDS. The CDC (Centers for Disease Control) says that there are 26 AIDS related illnesses. If you have one of these 26 different kinds you are considered to have AIDS. ... AIDS is mostly spread by sexual contact with a partner that is infected. AIDS can also go through infected blood-shared needles. Who are the people with AIDS? AIDS was first identified in the United States in 1981(Lerman- Gorlomb,1995). ... They believe that it had been in the United States, Europe, and Africa for many decades before they first identified AIDS. In the beginning only a few groups of people were associated with AIDS. ... As more people were diagnosed with AIDS other groups started to be infected. ... Today AIDS has became spread all over the world. ... People are now recognizing that anybody, not only those who exhibit high-risk behavior can get the AIDS virus. But right now AIDS is fatal because there is no known cure for the disease.