If you have engaged in unprotected sex or shared needles while using drugs, you should have an HIV test. Early detection and treatment of the infection can slow the growth of HIV. If you are pregnant, you may be able to reduce the risk to your unborn child by getting treatment early. You can also avoid infecting others if you … [Read more...]
HIV/AIDS Causes
February 4, 2012 By
Most commonly, HIV infection is spread by having sex with an infected partner. The virus can enter the body through the lining of the vagina, vulva, penis, rectum, or mouth during sex. Although initially AIDS cases occurred primarily in homosexual males in the United States, more recently the majority of new cases are in the heterosexual … [Read more...]
The problem defining AIDS
January 29, 2012 By
In January 1993, the original defining criteria for AIDS was changed by researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Prior to that time, to be diagnosed with AIDS, patients had to exhibit one or more of 25 symptoms listed by the CDC, and also be HIV-positive. In 1993, the CDC added three new conditions to this … [Read more...]
What really cause HIV
January 12, 2012 By
The AIDS pandemic is likely to become the greatest catastrophe in human history. Unless a safe, effective vaccine is quickly developed, or the preventive strategies outlined in this book are widely applied, by 2015 one sixth of the world’s population will be infected by HIV - 1 and some 250 million people will have died from AIDS. Its associated … [Read more...]