AIDS in the United States and South Africa
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome or AIDS, is a human viral disease that wrecks the immune system. AIDS is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus or HIV. AIDS leaves an infected person vulnerable to infections. These infections are harmless in healthy people, but in those with weak immune systems, any type of infection can prove fatal. Although there is no cure for AIDS, new drugs are available that can lengthen the life spans and improve the quality of life of people that are infected by this disease.
AIDS was first identified in 1981 am…
