HIV
Title: HIV
Category: Science & Technology | Words: 1497 | Pages: 6.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
HIV
The number one killer of persons between the ages of 25-44 is Aids. About 8500 hundred people daily are becoming infected with Aids. HIV was first identified in the United Stated in 1981 following an investigation of five Los Angeles men who developed unusual infections. By 1982 at least 100 cases had been reported and that’s when it was defined as Aids. African Americans and Hispanics are at greater risk at getting this disease then Americans. Statistics show that
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or anal penetration. People infected with HIV can transmit the infection to others even if they show no symptoms of the infection themselves. The average interval between HIV infection and the development of full-blown AIDS is about ten years. The average life expectancy of a person diagnosed with AIDS is a little more than a year. There is no cure at this time. Awareness and prevention remain the only safe courses of action.
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