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AIDS is the abreviated name given to Acquired
Immune Deficiency Syndrome, and is caused by
the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and is
spread through homosexual and heterosexual
intercourse, through the bloodstream, and
from a mother to her unborn child through the
placenta. This uncurable desease is thought
to have originated in Central Africa, It has
spread now to every County in the World.
Although there is no known cure (1996),
scientists worldwide are working on a
vaccine.
See also HIV.
Subject by: Vince Pike