The definition of aids is a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles. The United States has been hit, and has been a huge victim, of the HIV/Aids virus. But more importantly our whole world has been hit. Although in the United States there has been many dead victims, our numbers don't even come close to the areas such as south Africa, and the Sub- Sahara region of Africa. This is the case because they live in poverty, and in dirty areas. The final reason is because of the many people living there and of the pregnancies taking place. Many years ago when Aid was first hitting the service, the people mainly affected by Aids were the white homosexual males. This is no longer the case. Now many the people in the United States most affected are the black and Hispanic, people. This is partially to do with poverty, and because of their upbringing. In 2002 studies say Adult HIV/AIDS prevalence worldwide is now put at 1.2 percent of the population ages 15 to 49, with sub-Saharan Africa being the region most seriously affected, at 9.0 percent. In the nation South Africa is the number one place for aids, then India. Aids is a terrible thing but there are ways to make a victims life more enjoyable.
             People are not born with aids, unless there parents had aids. Even in this case it is more likely not to get aids then to get aids. In numbers about 4 to 1, not great odds but better than no odds at all. If a person had any thought that he or she had HIV/Aids they would want to get tested immediately. If a person is nocuous, they might want to get tested or if they felt they did something, that could have given them aids. They would want to go to a doctor's office, to get tested. The doctor would check the person's blood to see. If after the report come back saying the person has it, he or she cannot do anything to get rid of it, but to w...