HIV & AIDS
This is an enlightening story about HIV and AIDS.HIV means are initials for Human Immunodeficiency Virus and AIDS are initials for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. Acquired means " to get from" Immune means "to be prevented" Deficiency means " la itck of" Syndrome means"a group of signs" HIV is that damages the cells in your immune system and weakens your ability to fight everyday infections.HIV is the virus that causes AIDS,meaning you can't have AIDS without HIV virus.Therefore HIV is the virus that is transmitted from one person to another but not AIDS,AIDS cannot be spread from one person to another. Scientists believe that HIV originated from monkeys or chimpanzees after a man from somewhere in West Africa committed sex with the animal. HIV is spread from one person to another mainly through body fluids like Saliva,blood,semen,vaginal fluids,breast milk from an infected mother and anal fluids.Other ways of HIV transmission are shari...