Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)

Authors

David Fleischmann

Abstract

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a fatal syndrome that affects normally healthy individuals who have acquired an immune system deficiency. AIDS is acquired via a viral agent that attacks the immune system of healthy individuals and eventually erodes it, leading to the onset of a collection of deadly diseases. There are many diseases associated with AIDS, although many of them occur only when an individual has full-blown AIDS. Until then, an infected individual faces several different stages of disease.

Recommended Citation

David Fleischmann. (2007). Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The Science Journal of the Lander College of Arts and Sciences, 1(1), 15-25. Retrieved from https://touroscholar.touro.edu/sjlcas/vol1/iss1/3