HIV

HIV is a sexually transmitted infection. It can also be spread by contact with infected blood, or from mother to child during pregnancy, childbirth or breast-feeding. It can take years before HIV weakens your immune system to the point that you have AIDS.
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HIV Infection and AIDS: An Overview

Article Provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Overview

AIDS was first reported in the United States in 1981 and has since become a major worldwide epidemic. AIDS is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV. By killing or damaging cells of the body�s immune system, HIV progressively destroys the body�s ability to fight infections and certain cancers. People diagnosed with AIDS may get life-threatening diseases called opportunistic infections. These infections are caused by microbes such as viruses or bacteria that usually do not make healthy people sick.
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    you need to be becareful with the people you sleep with because you never know who have it or don;t have it, make sure you're using a condom.