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"The Nature of HIV/AIDS." //AIDS/HIV//. Barbara Wexler. 2008 ed. Detroit: Gale, 2008. Information Plus Reference Series. //Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context//. Web. 26 Oct. 2011. Document URL http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&disableHighlighting=false&prodId=OVIC&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CEJ3011830101&mode=view&userGroupName=pl7053&jsid=4b34d03fc202753632911e0752e00b81


 * 1) HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus.
 * 2) HIV weakens the body's immune system and makes the affected person easy to infections and diseases.
 * 3) AIDS is considered and blood borne sexually transmitted disease because HIV is spread through contact of blood, semen, or vaginal fluids from a affected person.
 * 4) Before 1981 AIDS was not known in the United States, testing people's blood, HIV and other samples have began.
 * 5) Cases reported from 1981 has reached the half million mark in 1995.
 * 6) In 1995 HIV infection was the leading cause of death of people between the ages of 25 to 45.
 * 7) By 1998 HIV/AIDS deaths among the age group has fallen dramatically.
 * 8) HIV infection was the 5th common death among the people in the United States from the ages of 25 to 45.
 * 9) In 2001 the HIV/AIDS death has fallen in the 6th place summary. It was the same rank on 2004.
 * 10) Ages between 15 to 24, HIV has caused the death to increase in 2004.
 * 11) In 2004 HIV infection was the 9th leading cause of deaths.
 * 12) In 1996 HIV deaths has declined.
 * 13) There was new drug treatments such as protease inhibitors.
 * 14) in 1997 HIV was the 14th leading cause of deaths overall in the US.
 * 15) In 1995 and 2000, there was a positive trend for people infected with HIV/AIDS
 * 16) Not as many people were dying from HIV/AIDS, more people were living with it due from treatment and medicine.
 * 17) In 1997 HIV remained the number 1 leading death of African Americans
 * 18) BY 1999 the death rate was nearly 11 times higher for White American's.
 * 19) HIV belongs with a group on viruses known as retroviruses.
 * 20) The original HIV is now known as HIV-1, this is due to the discovery in 1986 by scientist.
 * 21) A new HIV was found in African Americans which was then called HIV-2.
 * 22) The symptoms of HIV-2 were found to be milder then HIV-1.
 * 23) HIV-2 was shown to differ in molecule structure from HIV-1 in a way that ties it more close to a virus that causes AIDS in monkeys.
 * 24) At some point the virus crossed the species barrier from primates to humans. This has crossed over mostly because of humans eating meat from a chimpanzee or other primates.
 * 25) A virus is a tiny infectious agent composed of genes surrounded by a protective coating.
 * 26) Viruses are parasites.
 * 27) HIV belongs to a group of viruses known as retroviruses.
 * 28) HIV involved from simian immunodeficiency virus, a virus that also infects monkeys.
 * 29) HIV has 9 genes. 3 of these- designated env, gag, and pol- code. Remaining genes- tat, nef, rev, vpr, vpu, and vif.- are genetic activities that help make copies of the infecting disease.

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30. A famous Lakers basketball player Magic Johnson is one of the famous people who has HIV 31. He had no idea he was infected until he got results back from routine physical. 32. He had a lot of unprotected sex with woman, not knowing who he got it from, but he passed the virus on. 33. AIDS not only means a shorten life. 34. A person with AIDS feels anger, confusion, depression, isolation, and hopelessness 35. HIV/AIDS patients should encourage them to peruse hobbies, work as long as they can, and engage in social activities. 36. Caring for someone who has HIV/AIDS is emotionally exhausting and it calls for inner strength. 37. In 1990 employers were not allowed to ask job applicants if they are HIV infected or have AIDS.

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38. Drug abuse and HIV were normally connected in peoples minds with injection drug use of sharing needles. 39 Drug and alcohol intoxication can lead to risky sexual behaviors and put people in contact with HIV/AIDS. 40. Drug abused and addiction has been linked to HIV/AIDS. 41. In human methamphetamine abusers, HIV caused and greater injury and cognitive impairment compared to non drug users. 42. Injecting drug users are at high risk of HIV. 43. Trading sex for drugs or money can expose people to get them infected. 44. Someone who is infected with HIV has a virus that lives in multiple primarily white blood cells which are part of the immune system. 45. A infected person many look fine for many years and may not know they are infected. 46. The immune system weakens and the individual becomes more vulnerable to illnesses and common infections. 47. Overtime the person develops AIDS. 48. Estimating, 1 million people in the United States are living with HIV/AIDS. 49. Two thirds of state report HIV infections. 50. Estimating that 40,000 new HIV infections have been occurring since the early 1990's.

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51. The virus can also be transmitted by transfusions of infected blood or blood-clotting factors. 52. The patient looses weight and weakens. 53. Studies indicate that HIV originated in Africa and spread through Europe and the United States by way of the Caribbean. 54. Researchers hypothesizes that AIDS was hidden because AIDS only existed only in areas with low population to avoid detection. 55. In the early 1980's it was not known how the disease was spread and it caused great anxiety. 56. In 1990 The World Health Organization estimated that around 9 million people in the world had the AIDS virus. 57. One million people in North America believed to be infected with the HIV virus. 58. In 2008, an estimate about 33 million people worldwide carried the HIV virus. 59. In the battle against AIDS, researchers are still trying to find a cure.

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60. HIV is not transmitted through casual contact, air, food, water routes, or through mosquitoes. 61. You can also get infected with needles for tattoos, or body piercings. 62. Condoms when used correctly, prevent transmission of HIV. 63. In many countries, sharing needles by IV drug users is a big source for HIV infections. 64. In the United States, donation for blood must be screened for antibodies for HIV-1, and HIV-2.