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  1. (pathology) acquired immune deficiency syndrome

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  1. AIDS

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Sat Feb 6 03:18:14 2010

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

This condition progressively reduces the effectiveness of the immune system and leaves individuals susceptible to opportunistic infections and tumors. HIV is transmitted through direct contact of a mucous membrane or the bloodstream with a bodily fluid containing HIV, such as blood, semen, vaginal fluid, preseminal fluid, and breast milk.

This transmission can involve anal, vaginal or oral sex, blood transfusion, contaminated hypodermic needles, exchange between mother and baby during pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other exposure to one of the above bodily fluids.

AIDS is now a pandemic. In 2007, it was estimated that 33.2 million people lived with the disease worldwide, and that AIDS killed an estimated 2.1 million people, including 330,000 children. Over three-quarters of these deaths occurred in sub-Saharan Africa, retarding economic growth and destroying human capital.

Genetic research indicates that HIV originated in west-central Africa during the late nineteenth or early twentieth century. AIDS was first recognized by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 1981 and its cause, HIV, identified in the early 1980s.

Although treatments for AIDS and HIV can slow the course of the disease, there is currently no vaccine or cure. Antiretroviral treatment reduces both the mortality and the morbidity of HIV infection, but these drugs are expensive and routine access to antiretroviral medication is not available in all countries. Due to the difficulty in treating HIV infection, preventing infection is a key aim in controlling the AIDS pandemic, with health organizations promoting safe sex and needle-exchange programmes in attempts to slow the spread of the virus.

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What is the most major AIDS charity group in the United States?
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A. check out this website and you can decide for yourself, there are some good ones in the US
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See also:

  • Johns Hopkins HIV GuideJohns Hopkins HIV Guide
    hopkins-hivguide.org
    A resource for physicians and other health care professionals in providing care and treatment to patients with HIV/AIDS.
  • HIV InSiteHIV InSite
    hivinsite.ucsf.edu
    Information about treatment, prevention and policy from the University of California, San Francisco.
  • AIDS the Masked KillerAIDS the Masked Killer
    torrencepa_2.tripod.com
    An easy to read site with a brief history, causes and prevention of this disease.
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