HIV / AIDS

HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a virus that attacks the body's immune system. If HIV is not treated, it can lead to AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). There is currently no effective cure. Once people get HIV, they have it for life. But with proper medical care, HIV can be controlled.
Symptoms: Influenza-like illness; Fatigue...
Treatments: Management of HIV/AIDS
Type of infectious agent: Virus

AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) is the name used to describe a number of potentially life-threatening infections and illnesses that happen when your immune system has been severely damaged by the HIV virus. While AIDS cannot be transmitted from 1 person to another, the HIV virus can.

@article{owidhivaids,
author = {Max Roser and Hannah Ritchie},
title = {HIV / AIDS},
journal = {Our World in Data},
year = {2018},
note = {https://ourworldindata.org/hiv-aids}
}