AIDS is a virus, not a disease. You can only contract AIDS by first having HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus). HIV/AIDScould be considered an epidemic by the millions of people who have died from the virus and our inability to control/cure it. Scientists have never been able to locate where HIV was 'born'.
HIV and Aids is considered a pandemic in some occasions. As of 2008 over 1 Million people in the United States have the disease. According to the World Health Organization over 35 Million people are infected with HIV/AIDS.
yes HIV is an epidemic all around the world alot of people have HIV but do not know that they do if you think you may have it or could have it get tested
HIV infection in humans is considered pandemic by WHO.
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AIDS has been considered a pandemic.
AIDS is a pandemic, as it is worldwide
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UNAIDS is the abbreviation for the Joint United Nations Program on HIV and AIDS. It is an advocate for global action dealing with the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
No. He has no reason to he didn't cause it and neither did the Popes before him. HIV has now been traced back to the early 1960's.
No, HIV can only be transferred through humans. All the rumours about insects being able to carry HIV are false!No. Since the beginning of the HIV epidemic This was of concern. Studies conducted by the CDC and elsewhere have shown no evidence of HIV transmission from mosquitoes or other insects and have concluded that insects do not transmit HIV.
Botswana I think, I'm only 14 years old and currently studying this in geography.
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Probably, but the extent of the epidemic varies by country. Some countries have been very proactive in addressing the HIV epidemic and have gotten their infection rates under control; other countries have gone through phases of denial or rejection and have much higher (and rising) rates of HIV infection.
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the causative agent for AIDS. The most common type is known as HIV-1 and is the infectious agent that has led to the worldwide AIDS epidemic
Carroll Cameron has written: 'HIV and the AIDS epidemic' -- subject(s): Handbooks, manuals, Medical personnel, Epidemiology, Examinations, questions, AIDS (Disease), AIDS, HIV infection
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Hisashi Inaba has written: 'The exponential phase of HIV/AIDS epidemic in Japan' -- subject(s): AIDS (Disease), Epidemiology, HIV infections, Models, Statistical, Statistical Models, Statistical methods