AIDS stands for acquired Immune deficiency disorder. It is a disease that is very dangerous and it causes your immune system not to work properly so that you can’t fight off any illnesses. It was first discovered in the early 1980’s and has become an epidemic on certain continents like Africa. It is caused by a virus that is called HIV. This stands for human immunodeficiency virus. According to one website, more than 40 million people are infected with the virus now. And half of the people who have the virus don’t find out until they have the symptoms of AIDS. Once the symptoms appear it becomes harder to treat and your life span is shortened.
Scientists don’t really know for certain where the disease started or how it started, but they do think it may have begun in Africa, south of the Sahara desert. Since 1981, 25 million people around the world have died from AIDS, and Africa is one of the hardest hit countries with the disease. According to one website, 96% of the......

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