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- Human Immundeficency Virus (HIV) Is an infectious disease that supresses the immune system. -Hiv is transmitted in bodily fluids. Its main means of transmission from an infected person is through sexual contact, specifically vaginal and anal intercourse, and oral to genital contact....

- Aquired Immune Deficency Syndrome (AIDS) Is an infectious disease caused by the human **immunodeficiency** virus HIV. It was first recognized in the United States in 1981. __The Symptoms__

Because HIV destroys immune system cells, AIDS is a disease that can affect any of the body's major organ systems. HIV attacks the body through three disease processes: immunodeficiency, autoimmunity, and nervous system dysfunction.

__**AIDS IN AFRICA**__ South Africa has the largest number of people in the world living with HIV/AIDS. In South Africa, where more people are infected with HIV than in any other country, 4.2 million people—19.94 percent of the adult population—are HIV -positive, and the rate of new infections is among the highest in the world. AS OF 1999, 22 PERCENT OF PREGNANT WOMEN ATTENDING PRENATAL CLINICS IN SOUTH AFRICA WERE INFECTED WITH HIV. MANY OF THESE WOMEN PASS THE DISEASE ON TO THEIR CHILDREN. Over the past 27 years, nearly 25 million people have died from AIDS.

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 * = Regionsr ||= Adults and Children Newly Infected with HIV ||= Adults and Children Living with HIV ||= Adult and Children Deaths Due to AIDS ||
 * = Sub-Saharan Africa ||= 1.9 million ||= 22.4 million ||= 1.4 million ||
 * = South & Southeast Asia ||= 280,000 ||= 3.8 million ||= 270,000 ||
 * = Eastern Europe & Central Asia ||= 110,000 ||= 1.5 million ||= 87,000 ||
 * = Latin America ||= 170,000 ||= 2.0 million ||= 77,000 ||
 * = East Asia ||= 75,000 ||= 850,000 ||= 59,000 ||
 * = Middle East & North Africa ||= 35,000 ||= 310,000 ||= 20,000 ||
 * = North America ||= 55,000 ||= 1.4 million ||= 25,000 ||
 * = Caribbean ||= 20,000 ||= 240,000 ||= 12,000 ||
 * = Western & Central Europe ||= 30,000 ||= 850,000 ||= 13,000 ||
 * = Oceania ||= 3,900 ||= 59,000 ||= 2,000 ||
 * = World* ||= 2.7 million ||= 33.4 million ||= 2 mill ||