Pandemics: Black Death, Pandemic, Cholera, Epidemic, Severe acute respiratory syndrome, AIDS, 2009 flu pandemic, Influenza pandemic |  | Author: Source: Wikipedia
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 96. Chapters: Black Death, Pandemic, Cholera, Epidemic, Severe acute respiratory syndrome, AIDS, 2009 flu pandemic, Influenza pandemic, 2009 flu pandemic by country, Swine influenza, Black Death in England, Cholera outbreaks and pandemics, Consequences of the Black Death, List of epidemics, AIDS pandemic, Theories of the Black Death, Third Pandemic, Black Death migration, HIV/AIDS in Yunnan, Black Death in medieval culture, Plague of Justinian, Unified Victim Identification System, Pandemic Severity Index, Antonine Plague, Plague of Cyprian, Bills of Mortality, El Tor, OIE/FAO Network of Expertise on Animal Influenza, Center for Biosecurity, AIDS-associated Kaposi sarcoma, Great Plague of 1738. Excerpt: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This condition progressively reduces the effectiveness of the immune system and leaves individuals susceptible to opportunistic infections and tumors. HIV is transmitted through direct contact of a mucous membrane or the bloodstream with a bodily fluid containing HIV, such as blood, semen, vaginal fluid, preseminal fluid, and breast milk. This transmission can involve anal, vaginal or oral sex, blood transfusion, contaminated hypodermic needles, exchange between mother and baby during pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other exposure to one of the above bodily fluids. AIDS is now a pandemic. As of 2009, AVERT estimated that there are 33.3 million people worldwide living with HIV/AIDS, with 2.6 million new HIV infections per year and 1.8 million annual deaths due to AIDS. In 2007, UNAIDS estimated: 33.2 million people worldwide had AIDS that year; AIDS killed 2.1 million people in the course of that year, including 330,000 children, and 76% of those deaths oc...
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