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Hiv And Aids Hiv Virus
1,570 wordsGonzales 1 The Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) was first discovered in 1981 as a unique and newly recognized infection of the body's immune system (Mellors 3). The name AIDS was formally know as GRIDS (Gay Related Immune Defiance Syndrome). The first case of AIDS was discovered in Los Angeles, where scientists from the CDC (Center for Disease Control) were called in on a half dozen cases. The CDC was convinced what they were seeing was a new strand of virus. None of the staff members ...
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases Hiv Infected
1,743 wordsThe following are facts cited in Acquired Immune Deficiency syndrome by Gerald J. Stine. Worldwide, about 9, 000 persons a day become HIV-infected. The majority of all HIV infections worldwide occur in people ages 15 - 24. Over 1 million people die of AIDS each year. The number of HIV-infections worldwide has tripled since 1990! It is estimated that there will be a 20 % decline in population in East Africa by the year 2001 due to AIDS (Stine, 360). AIDS is the leading cause of deaths among adult...
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Cases Of Aids University Of Alabama
1,456 wordsDebate around the origin of AIDS has sparked considerable interest and controversy since the beginning of the epidemic. However, in trying to identify where AIDS originated, there is a danger that people may try and use the debate to attribute blame for the disease to particular groups of individuals or certain lifestyles. The first cases of AIDS occurred in the USA in 1981, but they provide little information about the source of the disease. There is now clear evidence that the disease AIDS is ...
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Person To Person Blood Transfusion
655 wordsThe purpose of this paper will be too show how AIDS is a serious disease in the world today. AIDS, (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is a complicated illness, caused by a virus that is passed from person to person. "The disease was first recognized in 1980 among homosexual men and injection drug users in New York and California. " Several years after it was recognized, AIDS has become a worldwide epidemic. "By 1995, 477, 900 Americans had developed the disease, of whom 295, 500 had died, and...
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Aids Epidemic North America
942 wordsIn some parts of the world there are still wars being fought and dictators in power. There are societies which consider themselves at the peak of evolution and progress. They are able to create state of the art automobiles, luxurious homes, efficient and organized industries, complex computerized machinery and atomic weapons. Many societies are governed by a democratic system which herald a belief in freedom. All societies, regardless of their political and economic makeup, are also ruled by a s...
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Cases Of Aids University Of Alabama
1,479 wordsDebate around the origin of AIDS has sparked considerable interest and controversy since the beginning of the epidemic. However, in trying to identify where AIDS originated, there is a danger that people may try and use the debate to attribute blame for the disease to particular groups of individuals or certain lifestyles. The first cases of AIDS occurred in the USA in 1981, but they provide little information about the source of the disease. There is now clear evidence that the disease AIDS is ...
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Hiv Virus Years Ago
907 wordsThe origin of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV- 1), the retrovirus that is the main cause of AIDS, has been a puzzle ever since it was discovered by Barr -Sinoussi and her colleagues in 1983. A chimpanzee named Marilyn that died years ago has helped scientists solve the lingering mystery of the origin of AIDS. Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham said that they have conclusive evidence that the HIV virus has spread on at least three separate occasions from chimpanzees t...
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