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Published: 08.06.2006.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Investigation of an Infectious Diease: AIDS', 1.
Extract

1. Name of the disease being investigated: AIDS. (Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
2. Name the type of organism that causes the disease: HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)
3. How is the organism transmitted between people? Through contact between the bloodstream or the mucous membrane with infected bodily fluids, such as blood, semen, breast milk, vaginal fluid, saliva, etc. The transmission can in the form of sex, (anal or vaginal) kissing, contaminated needles, childbirth, really anything that makes a person exposed to any of the bodily fluids.…

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