CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
WHAT IS HIV/AIDS?
HIV is an abbreviation for "Human Immuno Deficiency Virus". What is a virus? A germ, which causes disease. HIV reduces people's resistance to illness and can cause AIDS.
AIDS is an abbreviation for"Acquired Immuned Deficiency Syndrome". An illness destroys the natural body defenses against diseases. It is a deadly disease caused by a small germ called HIV.
If a person is HIV positive, it means he or she is infected with the HIV virus which may develop AIDS. HIV has been found in body fluids like semen, vaginal fluid, and blood with breast milk of infected people. In 1991 in the City of New York – America, one in
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