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AIDS
Title: AIDS
Category: Science & Technology / Biology
Details: Words: 528 | Pages: 2.2 (approximately 235 words/page)
AIDS
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Acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or AIDS, is a
disease entity that has been recognized since 1981. It is caused by
infection with the human immunodeficiency virus, which attacks
selected cells in the immune system and produces defects in
function. This leaves the body open to an invasion by various
infections, which are therefore called opportunistic diseases, and
to the development of unusual cancers. The virus also tends to
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…showed last 75 words of 528 total…routes, with
transmission between homosexual men accounting for about 60
percent of AIDS cases. About 21 percent of AIDS cases occur in
intravenous drug abusers exposed to HIV infected through
sharing needles. The number of new cases of AIDS in
reproductive age is increasing at an alarming rate. AIDS has
become the leading cause of death for women between the ages of
20 and 40 in major cities of North and South America, Western
Europe, and Sub- Saharan Africa.
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