What About Aids?

What we still don't know about AIDS

A great deal is known about the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) [1], one of whose cardinal features is its exquisite adaptation to its human host. It enters the body through damaged epithelia, or more insidiously, through specialized cells (M cells) in the intestinal epithelium whose function is to deliver viruses and bacteria to waiting...

AIDS Myths and Myths about AIDS Myths: A Study about AIDS- related Perceptions in South Africa

Key Facts about Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in Children Worldwide

Unfortunately, we do not know how many perinatally (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) HIV-infected pepole are living in contries today, while knowing these informations is necessary. UNAIDS reports that there are 3.4 million children under 15 years of age with HIV and 2 million adolescents between 10 and 19 years of age. Although the vast majority of children were perinatally infected, older childr...

What is AIDS?

AIDS stands for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and is caused by the Human I mmunodeficiency Virus (HIV). HIV infects certain types of white blood cells, mainly CD4 cells (also called helper cells or T4 cells), which are the cells in the immune system that normally protect us from disease. By damaging and killing the protective CD4 cells, HIV weakens the immune system. The term "AIDS" refers...

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