Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a collection of symptoms and infections in humans resulting from the specific damage to the immune system caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The late stage of the condition leaves individuals prone to opportunistic infections and tumors. Although treatments for AIDS and HIV exist to slow the virus's progression, there is no known cure. 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 come in the form of anal, vaginal or oral sex, blood transfusion, contaminated needles, exchange between mother and baby during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding, or other exposure to one of the above bodily fluids.

Most researchers believe that HIV originated in sub-Saharan Africa during the twentieth century;

it is now a pandemic, with an estimated 38.6 million people now living with the disease worldwide. As of January 2006, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization (WHO) estimate that AIDS has killed more than 25 million people since it was first recognized on June 5, 1981, making it one of the most destructive epidemics in recorded history. In 2005 alone, AIDS claimed an estimated 2.4 - 3.3 million lives, of which more than 570,000 were children. A third of these deaths are occurring in sub-Saharan Africa, retarding economic growth and destroying human capital. Antiretroviral treatment reduces both the mortality and the morbidity of HIV infection, but routine access to antiretroviral medication is not available in all countries. HIV/AIDS stigma is more severe than that associated with other life-threatening conditions and extends beyond the disease itself to providers and even volunteers involved with the care of people living with HIV.

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AIDS prevention gel fails in African trials (Reuters)http://bit.ly/7fbS1T
Hilary12378 (Hilarry Roberts) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:14:46 -0000
AIDS prevention gel fails in African trials (Reuters)http://bit.ly/7fbS1T
@vinimaybe http://twitpic.com/r3x6t - qnd as pivetas aparecerem arrombadas e com aids vão por culpa nos americanos tbm UHSUAHSUSHHUAHS
tata__v (Tamiris Vancetto ) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:14:14 -0000
@vinimaybe http://twitpic.com/r3x6t - qnd as pivetas aparecerem arrombadas e com aids vão por culpa nos americanos tbm UHSUAHSUSHHUAHS
@shadowspeak and after he did I took him back, till he stole from my brother in law who was dying of aids. I put him in jail.That was that.
TweetwithStone (Stone ) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:13:13 -0000
@shadowspeak and after he did I took him back, till he stole from my brother in law who was dying of aids. I put him in jail.That was that.
Korean fangirls need to stop with the bloody(literally bloody) fanletters blood carry diseases!!!!! like AIDS!!! >_<
Silvercell (Eboni) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:12:58 -0000
Korean fangirls need to stop with the bloody(literally bloody) fanletters blood carry diseases!!!!! like AIDS!!! >_<
AIDS activist Dennis deLeon dies at 61: New York (CNN) -- Dennis deLeon, former New York City human rights comm.. http://tinyurl.com/yczjzom
business_matt (business) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:12:51 -0000
AIDS activist Dennis deLeon dies at 61: New York (CNN) -- Dennis deLeon, former New York City human rights comm.. http://tinyurl.com/yczjzom
"Every time you use Internet Explorer, an angel gets AIDS" - @pmablog
PigsAndPlans (Confusion) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:12:50 -0000
"Every time you use Internet Explorer, an angel gets AIDS" - @pmablog

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