Ailments and Situations - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or AIDS

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AIDS

Description

AIDS is the leading cause of death among men and the fourth leading cause of death among women 25 to 44 years of age. With modern technology, scientists hypothesize that AIDS has been in the American population since the 1950's, earlier than previously thought. It was first recognized as a clinical syndrome in 1984 and is quickly becoming one of the most prevalent infectious diseases.

AIDS was originally thought of as a "gay man's" disease, since the majority of cases seen in the 1980's were primarily gay men. However, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the virus that is believed to cause AIDS, does not discriminate.

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