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This 5 page paper discusses the HIV virus and AIDS. This paper explains different methods of transmission, symptoms, prevention methods, and more. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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younger populations. It is essential then that people understand this disease as well as methods of prevention. Education is essential in this matter is the spread of this
horrific disease is to be controlled. AIDS and HIV AIDS, or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, is caused by the HIV,
or Human Immunodeficiency Virus (AIDS, 2002). "AIDS is the final and most serious stage of HIV disease, in which the signs and symptoms of severe immune deficiency have developed"
(AIDS, 2002). AIDS has been a devastating force in recent years, and is now the fifth leading cause of death among people aged 25 to 44 (AIDS, 2002).
Worldwide, about 47 million people have been infected with HIV (AIDS, 2002). Essentially, the HIV virus attacks the immune system and "leaves the body vulnerable to a variety
of life-threatening illnesses and cancers" (AIDS, 2002). Therefore, people with AIDS can become ill or die from the most common bacteria and germs (AIDS, 2002). The preponderance of
evidence suggests that the only means of transmitting HIV is through blood, semen, vaginal secretions and breast milk, although HIV has also been found in saliva, tears and nervous system
tissue (AIDS, 2002). Therefore, HIV is transmitted through a variety of means (AIDS, 2002, See also HIV and its Transmission, 2002). The most typical path is through
sexual contact (AIDS, 2002, See also HIV and its Transmission, 2002). Other means include through blood transfusions or needle sharing (AIDS, 2002, See also HIV and its Transmission, 2002).
And finally, HIV is sometimes passed from mother to child either while the child is in the mother or through nursing once the child is born (AIDS, 2002, See
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