HIV/AIDS

Awave of sickness fell across the nation. People developed flu-like symptoms, which then led to prolonged fever, swollen lymph glands, immense fatigue and night sweats, if the person in question showed any symptoms at all. People began dieing unexpectedly. No one knew what was causing the people to die so rapidly.
In 1983 the virus that caused this disease was finally identified as LAV (lymphadenopathy-associated virus) in France. Around the same time, the Americans discovered a virus thought to cause the disease they had now discovered was AIDS. They dubbed it HTLV III (human T cell lymphotropic virus-III) or ARV (AIDS related virus). Upon closer inspection of both viruses, they found they were, In fact, the same virus. They named this new virus HIV (human immunodeficiency virus).
Now that the virus had a name, scientists needed more information about the virus. Scientist tested the virus non-stop. They discovered a number of things. Firstly, the virus was not......

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Title: Hiv/Aids
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