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| {{AIDS}}
| | #REDIRECT[[HIV AIDS overview]] |
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| '''For AIDS Patient Information click [[AIDS Patient Information|here]]'''
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| ==Overview==
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| '''Acquired immune deficiency syndrome''' ('''AIDS''') is a [[syndrome|collection of symptoms and infections]] resulting from the specific damage to the [[immune system]] caused by the [[HIV|human immunodeficiency virus]] (HIV) in humans,<ref>{{cite web
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| |url=http://www.niaid.nih.gov/Publications/hivaids/hivaids.htm
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| |title=The Relationship Between the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome |publisher= NIAID
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| |accessdate=2008-03-10}}</ref> and similar viruses in other species ([[Simian immunodeficiency virus|SIV]], [[Feline immunodeficiency virus|FIV]], etc.). The late stage of the condition leaves individuals susceptible to [[opportunistic infection]]s and [[tumor]]s. Although treatments for AIDS and HIV exist to decelerate the [[virus]]'s progression, there is currently no known cure. HIV is [[Transmission (medicine)|transmitted]] through direct contact of a [[mucous membrane]] or the bloodstream with a [[bodily fluid]] containing HIV, such as [[blood]], [[semen]], [[vaginal fluid]], [[preseminal fluid]], and [[breast milk]].<!-- And NOT through body fluids like saliva and tears, see references--><ref name=CDCtransmission>{{
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| | author=[[Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention]]
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| | publisher=[[Centers for Disease Control & Prevention]] | year= 2003
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| | url=http://www.cdc.gov/HIV/pubs/facts/transmission.htm
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| | title=HIV and Its Transmission
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| | accessdate = 2006-05-23
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| }}</ref><ref name=sfaf>{{
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| | author=[[San Francisco AIDS Foundation]]
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| | year= [[2006-04-14]]
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| | url=http://www.sfaf.org/aids101/transmission.html
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| | title=How HIV is spread | accessdate = 2006-05-23
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| }}</ref> This transmission can come in the form of [[anal sex|anal]], [[vaginal sex|vaginal]] or [[oral sex|oral]] [[Sexual intercourse|sex]], [[blood transfusion]], contaminated [[hypodermic needle]]s, exchange between mother and baby during [[pregnancy]], [[childbirth]], or [[breastfeeding]], or other exposure to one of the above bodily fluids.
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| ==References==
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