HIV & AIDS

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a lentivirus (a member of the retrovirus family) that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive. Infection with HIV occurs by the transfer of blood, semen, vaginal fluid, pre-ejaculate, or breast milk. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a disease of the human immune system caused by the HIV.

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HIV positive cases on the rise in Madurai
Despite a huge public awareness campaign on prevention of HIV-AIDS, the number of HIV positive cases is on the rise in Madurai district...
Overview
Madurai > India
 

The Missing Face
To be written about in reports and surveys, and be forgotten in the real world, seems to be the fate of a great number of children today
Overview
Jaipur > India
 

Growth may fall 0.86% due to HIV
If the HIV and AIDS spread in India goes unchecked, the country's economic growth could decline by 0.86% points over the next 10 to 15 years...
Symptoms
Hyderabad > India