Basic Facts About HIV/AIDS
Tempo
August 21, 2007
- AIDS is an accumulation of symptoms of disease as a consequence of a decline in the body’s immune system.
- AIDS is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that damages the body’s immune system.
- The HIV virus can be transmitted through four types of human body fluid: blood, sperm, vaginal fluid and breast milk.
- HIV-positive sufferers are people who are infected with the HIV virus and who can transmit the disease, even though they ap