AIDS in the United States and South Africa Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome or AIDS, is a human viral disease that wrecks the immune system. AIDS is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus or HIV. AIDS leaves an infected person vulnerable to infections. These infections are harmless in healthy people, but in those with weak immune systems, any type of infection can prove fatal. Although there is no cure for AIDS, new drugs are available that can …showed first 75 words of 968 total…

…showed last 75 words of 968 total…amp;lt;http://www.aidshotline.org/crm/asp/refer/statistics/stats_global.asp > May 3, 2004 <http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/global?page=cr09-sf-00 > May 3, 2004 <http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/od/gap/countries/south_africa.htm > May 3, 2004 <http://www.unaids.org/Unaids/EN/Geographical+area/by+country/south+africa.asp> May 3, 2004 <http://www.thebody.com/aac/profile.html> May 3, 2004