1. AIDS: A growing epidemic
"Acquired meaning you catch it, immune deficiency means a weakness in the body's system that fights diseases, and syndrome means a group of health problems that make up a disease" (What is AIDS, 1997). ... Herpes of the mouth or genital area is also a disease that AIDS patients become more susceptible to. ... Now, scientists have developed a test that allows blood banks to screen all blood to make sure there is no sign of AIDS or HIV (Siegal & Siegal, 1993, p. 88). ... Gay men in the United States and Sweden, and heterosexuals in Tanzania and Haiti began to show signs of what researc...
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