AIDS
AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) is a disease caused by a
virus- HIV (human immunodiciency virus). The first cases in this country came to
light in the early eighties. Although the origins of AIDS remains uncertain it
is thought to have emerged decades ago in sub-Saharan Africa. There is a
closely related virus (simian immunodeficiency virus, or SIV) that is found
among monkeys in that particular area which AIDS is thought to have evolved from
(Combating AIDS 353). When the virus first emerged in the United States it was
localized to the male homosexual and IV drug user communities. This
localization very quickly disappeared .
AIDS is becoming a global epidemic. No country is safe from it. There
has been AIDS cases reported around the world, in such places as the Caribbean,
Southeast Asia, Southeast Mediterranean , and Oceania. This helps to show that
AIDS knows no geographical boundries (Folks). This disease has been likened to
the Black Plaque that......
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