Back to category: Medical Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. Aids In a recent study, “The Information Series on Current Topics,” it was stated, “they believe that 2.3 million people worldwide died of aids in 1997, a 50 percent increase over 1996”(2). Question people often ask themselves about aids are: what are aids, how do you keep safe from aids, and is there a treatment to cure aids. “Aids stands for a condition called acquired immunodeficiency syndrome”(Ford 15). According to Michael Ford, “the word acquired tells us that aids is something that a person gets, or acquires, from another person.” Also, “immuno refers to the body’s immune system and deficiency means that there is a lack of something or not enough of it to work correctly”(15-16). “Syndrome means a group of conditions or symptoms that show or indicate, that something is wrong,” according to Michael Ford (16). People contract Aids through HIV. “HIV stands for The Human Immunodefiency Virus,”(“information... Posted by: Tamara Moore Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. |
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