SCIENTIFIC NAME OF PATHOGEN

• Human Immunodeficiency Virus.

IDENTIFICATION OF PATHOGEN

• The pathogen is a virus.

NAME OF THE DISEASE

• The disease's name is Aids.

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DATE OF THE DISEASE WHEN IT WAA FIRST DOCUMENTED

• There is not an exact date, but it was discovered in the 1930's.

THE SCIENTIST WHO DISCOVERED THE DISEASE

• The name of the scientist who discovered Aids is Robert Gallo.

THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

• The country of origin is the Democratic Republic of Congo.

TRANSMITTING THE DISEASE

• You can transmit Aids by saliva, bodily fluids, wounds, and broken skin.

SYMPTOMS OF AIDS

• Some of the symptoms of Aids are fever, sore throat, fatigue, weight loss, and recurrent infections.

TREATMENT

• The treatment for aids is Anti-Retroviral Regiments.

PEOPLE AFFECTED BY AIDS

• 36.9 million have been affected by aids.

MORTALITY

• Approximately 1.2 million die a year from aids.
• Approximately 39 million people have died from aids.

INCUBATION PERIOD

• The average time of the incubation period for aids is about 10 years.

INTERESTING FACTS

• Magic Johnson was HIV positive.
• Freddy Mercury died of aids.
• Aids came from an African chimpanzee.
• Aids has only has been recognized for 30 years.
• "Patient Zero" was a Canadian flight attendant purportedly knowingly infected as many as 250 men a year on both sides of the Atlantic.