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Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is becoming a bigger threat in rural areas than in urban of the developing and third world, in contrast to conventional wisdom. Day by day, communication system increasing between rural and urban region through various trades and businesses, migration and better developed transportation networks have made AIDS prevalence rates increase faster in rural parts. In 2007, a predictable 33.2 million people attacked with the virus worldwide, and it killed a predictable 2.1 million people, as well as 330,000 kids. The figure summarizes a number of major finding about the devastating trend, using statistics for Sub-Saharan (which are fully or partially located south of the Sahara) Africa, home to the most-affected countries by AIDS.

AIDS is caused by a particular virus called Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). It is a lentivirus (lenti-, Latin for “slow”) and it is one of the members of retrovirus family. This virus is able lead to AIDS. Infectivity with HIV happens by the transfer of blood, vaginal fluid, semen, or breast milk. The four main points of broadcast are unprotected sexual intercourse, breast milk, impure needles, and transmission from an infected mother to her infant at birth. You might not identify if you get infected by HIV. Some men or women have no symptoms. The bug will grow in your body for a few weeks or even months before your resistant system responds. In this time you can’t identify test positive for HIV, but you can infect other people. When your protected system responds it starts to create antibodies and then you will test positive for HIV.

HIV virus in humans is now pandemic. There is no treat or no specific HIV drugs for AIDS. Although, antiretroviral treatment can restrain HIV, it cannot apparent the virus fully. By this AIDS drugs the virus that causes AIDS, it can delay illness for many years. There are drugs that can be able to sluggish the HIV virus, and slow down the harm to your immune system. And it is great news that in the majority cases, these medicine work extremely well.