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This 7 page paper outlines the demographics, symptoms, and prognosis of AIDS and then explores the cellular and molecular structure and method of attack of this formidable foe. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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most formidable enemies. 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 obeys no sociodemographic lines in terms of who it attacks yet some groups are more
vulnerable to the disease than are others. 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. The Center for Disease Control (2007) reports that in 2005 almost seventy-five percent of
those individuals infected with HIV/AIDS were male. Blacks, in turn, are much more likely to have AIDS than whites or any other racial group. Although blacks only comprise
twelve percent of the total population of the U.S., for example, they make up almost half of the population infected with HIV/AIDS (Center for Disease Control, 2007).
AIDS is directly associated with certain lifestyle choices. Homosexual males are among its more frequent victims as are intravenous drug users. AIDS, however,
can attack anyone when they are exposed to HIV. Anyone that is sexually active or that has risks such as those noted above then is susceptible to AIDS.
A frequent victim is the heterosexual partner of a bisexual male. AIDS can be contracted as well through strictly heterosexual relationships when those relationships involve an infected partner at
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