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Understanding the AIDS Pandemic by Deogratias Laurent is a document available to read on EtoBox.
HIV attacks and destroys CD4 cells, weakening the immune system and leading to AIDS if untreated. HIV is a retrovirus that exists in two forms, HIV-1 being more prevalent. While initially identified in the US in 1981, HIV/AIDS has since become a global pandemic spreading through behaviors like unprotected sex and needle sharing as well as from mother to child.
- Author
- Deogratias Laurent
- Language
- EN