AIDS

AIDS
AIDS refers to Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. It is one of the fatal diseases associated with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection. It affect high proportion of the population and has a long incubation period, sometimes up to 10 years or more.
HIV is transmitted through bodily fluids by high risk behaviors such as heterosexual intercourse with HIV infected person, intravenous drug users, unsafe blood transfusion, infants of infected mothers, etc. About 75% of its transmission is through unprotected sex.
Symptoms are widespread and may affect any organ system, symptoms are immediate and most people experience a brief flu like illness, other are fever, fatigue, rash, joint pain, sore throat and swollen lymph nodes. Tuberculosis, identified as the leading cause of HIV-related morbidity. HIV is not transmitted by sharing swimming pool/toilets, eating together, mosquito bite, coughing, dry kissing, sharing clothes, living together in family.
AIDS diagnosis is mainly serological, ELISA, western Blot, culture of blood and tissue. AIDs can be prevented my avoiding unsafe sex, usage blood transfusion, infected syringe, pregnancy of infected woman.