Aids first appeared in 1959. Its definition states that its any of a group of retroviruses and esp. HIV-1 that infect and destroy helper T cells of the immune system causing the marked reduction in their numbers that is diagnostic of AIDS -- called also AIDS virus, human immunodeficiency virus. A retrovirus is any of a group of RNA-containing viruses (as HIV) that produce reverse transcriptase by means of which DNA is produced using their RNA …showed first 75 words of 654 total…

…showed last 75 words of 654 total…use sterile needles that haven't been used by an infected person. The totals count 36.1 million people will be infected by the end of this year. I find that information to be frightening especially when the majority of people who are infected with aids are under 25 and myself being a teenager under 25. I hope that everyone abides by the ways not to be infected and that they find a vaccine soon that will cure this disease.