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What is AIDS?
The disease, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome,
better known as AIDS, has no cure or vaccine. The virus destroys the body's
natural ability to fight illness. Cancer and infectionns such as
pneunmonia to invade the body and cause death.
How does AIDS spread?
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) which
causes AIDS is transmitted mainly through unprotected sex with an infected
person, sharing needles and syringes with drug users, and/or being born with the
virus.
What is HIV?
HIV is a retrovirus that infects several kinds of
cells in the body, the most important of which is a type of white blood cell
called the CD4. The CD4 cell is a major component of the human immune
system that helps keep people free from many infections and some cancers. HIV
can effectively disable the body's immune system, and destroy its ability to
fight diseases.
How can I prevent getting AIDS?
Do not have unprotected sex with an infected
person.
Do not share needles and syringes - these may contain infected blood.
AIDS-Related Sites
- AIDS
Knowledgebase at HIV
Insite -- The University of California, San Francisco, and San Francisco
General Hospital have recently begun to make the 1997 edition of this
massive (2000 page) AIDS textbook available at the HIV InSite. The entire
1994 edition is available, with icons pointing from outdated chapters to
updated ones. HIV InSite, provided by UCSF, SFGH, and the Henry J. Kaiser
Family Foundation, is an exhaustive clearinghouse of AIDS related
information for practitioners, patients, and others interested in the topic.
One of its highlights is Today's News, a summary of daily news stories
derived from many sources.
- Body,
The - a multimedia AIDS and HIV information resource.
- CDC
National AIDS Clearinghouse
AIDS
in Mexico and the World - provides info on AIDS in Spanish and English.
Includes info on the National Congress on AIDS in Mexico City and much more.
AIDS
Information For The Well Informed - comprehensive source of information
and services dedicated to AIDS/HIV patients and their relatives.
AIDS
Resources - multi-organization national radio-thon for AIDS prevention,
research, care.
Humboldt
State University's AIDS Server - represents an international effort to
educate about AIDS.
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