Epidemic

This page will show the worldwide epidemic AIDS have caused.

The first case of AIDS ever recorded was in 1959 but they found out years later of blood samples. Then in the early 8O's there were cases of gay males dying of a rare virus. They named this virus GRID (Gay Related Immune Deficiency). they Later found out it was also in heterosexual men and women,blood transfusion recipents, hemophilliacs, and babies. Around fourteen nations report that they have AIDS in the country. In 1983 France had started a research that about a retrovirus. they called it lymphadenophathy-associted virus (LAV) and then they discovered that this was the cause of AIDS. in the united states thet youth is most likely affected by the virus. the ages of 13-24 are the most at risk for this epidemec. this is the leading cause of death in African American women from the ages of 25-34. Hispanics have 18% of HIV infection in the United States. The African Americans have 49% of the HIV population in the United States.