HIV+AIDS+SAMPLE

HIV/AIDS Definition "AIDS is a chronic, life-threatening condition caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). By damaging your immune system, HIV interferes with your body's ability to fight off viruses, bacteria and fungi that cause disease. HIV makes you more susceptible to certain types of cancers and to infections your body would normally resist, such as pneumonia and meningitis. The virus and the infection itself are known as HIV. "Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)" is the name given to the later stages of an HIV infection" (Mayo Clinic).

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CAUSES [|Tips for Teens] This website contains an easy to follow checklist of causes of AIDS.

 SYMPTOMS [|AIDS.gov] [|Center for Disease Control]

 TESTS & DIAGNOSIS

 TREATMENT [|AIDS.gov] This website provides links to fact sheets for various treatments and medicines including information from the FDA.

 PREVENTION

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

SOURCES