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HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a virus that attacks the body's immune system. If HIV is not treated, it can lead to AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). There is currently no effective cure. Once people get HIV, they have it for life. But with proper medical care, HIV can be controlled.

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Luc Montagnier, a French virologist who shared a Nobel Prize in 2008 for discovering the virus that causes AIDS, died on Tuesday in the Paris suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine. He was 89

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The disease is global and found all around the world, but is very prominent through Africa and the north part of Asia.  It was found for the first time in Africa from a chimpanzee.

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Aids gets passed through exposure sexually. It is a pandemic. It is transmitted through contact with someone who has aids, (usually through sexual activitys). Some of its entryways are, the mouth, butt hole, penis, vagina, baby mouths, cuts. It exits out of nipple, boobs, cuts, sores, break of the skin, semen, vagina, and anus. Anal sex causes tissue rupture which causes even more transmissions of desieases.

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The scientific name fro Aids/HIV is Human Immunodeficiency Virus.

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The HIV pathogen grows and spreads inside your blood vessels and sexual fluids.

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The HIV pathogen can be exited from the body from saliva and sexual fluids.

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HIV is transmitted through vaginal or anal sex and sharing needles or syringes.

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HIV can enter the body through saliva from a person that has HIV, sharing needles and syringes with a person who has HIV, and having unprotected vaginal or anal sex with a person who has HIV.

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People who inject drugs and have unprotected sex are susceptible hosts for HIV, HIV is shown to happen mostly in people ages 13-24.

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A small portion of humans show partial or complete resistance to HIV

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Chills

Rash

Night sweats

Muscle aches

Sore throat

Fatigue

Swollen lymph nodes

Mouth ulcers

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HIV infection weakens your immune system, making you much more likely to develop many infections and certain types of sicknesses.

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An antigen/antibody test performed by a lab on blood from a vein can usually detect HIV 18 to 45 days after exposure.

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There is no cure for HIV, but you can control it with HIV treatment.

Most people can get the virus under control within six months.

HIV treatment does not prevent transmission of other sexually transmitted diseases.

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You can use strategies such as abstinence , never sharing needles, and using condoms the right way every time you have sex.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2022, June 30). About HIV/AIDS. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved November 14, 2022, from https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/whatishiv.html

Epstein, R. H. (2022, February 10). Luc Montagnier, Nobel-winning co-discoverer of H.I.V., dies at 89. The New York Times. Retrieved November 14, 2022, from https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/10/science/luc-montagnier-dead.html

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2022, June 30). About HIV/AIDS. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved November 14, 2022, from https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/whatishiv.html

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