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A 10 page review of the statistics of AIDS in the Cleveland Ohio area and in the nation as a whole. The author emphasizes that, while it can affect some groups more frequently than others, all races and all ages are at risk for contracting AIDS. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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File: AM2_PPaidsHistoryAgeGroupsOhio.rtf
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two decades, has wielded a formidable blow in our modern world. AIDS gained its name because HIV attacks the human immune system making it ineffective in fighting disease or
sickness caused by microbial organisms. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is the causative agent in Auto Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The virus is believed to currently infect some forty
million people (Moore, 2004). In a January 24, 2007 press release by the AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland, however, there is speculation that expanded HIV testing could result in
an increase in diagnoses of HIV/AIDS by 90,000 (Pike, 2007)! Although numerous treatments are in the experimental stages and several drugs have been
used successfully to temporarily prolong the lives of persons infected with AIDS, a cure has yet to be discovered. Without treatment the picture is grim at best, death usually
occurs within a few months to a few years after the virus attack on the human system. Although we typically think of AIDS attacking individuals in the eighteen to
thirty-four year old age group, it also attacks both younger and older individuals. Adolescents, the middle aged, and seniors alike are all susceptible to being infected with this devastating
disease. Unfortunately, in fact, HIV infections are increasing among all age groups. AIDS was first discovered in New York and
California among homosexual males and intravenous drug users in 1980. It quickly became apparent that AIDS was not limited to the U.S. but in fact large populations of many
third world countries, particularly in Africa and Haiti were affected. Within one decade of its discovery, AIDS had become an epidemic and had spread to populations across the world.
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