AIDS the Deadly Disease
...on to infect other cells. Scientists believe HIV was spread from monkeys to humans between 1926-1946. Researchers indicate that HIV jumped from chimpanzees to humans as early as 1675 and didnt establish itself as an epidemic in Africa until 1930. Some people have received HIV in emergency transfusions of unscreened blood, mothers infected with HIV also have transmitted the virus to unborn children in the womb,during delivery,breast milk and through unprotected sex. Aids poses as a threat to the survival of millions of people, especially in the Third World,where health is weakened by the economic crisis. Most Africans do not have access to the effective antibiotic treatment for STD's. Infections that characterize Aids are tuberculosis,pneumonia,severe diarrhea, forms of cancer, blindness and brain disorders, Treament is very costly and not accessible to the majority on Africa. The drugs only increase the lifespan by a few months.There are two types of drug groups. The first is called reverse transcripta...