... HIV destroys the body's immune system, rendering it defenseless against disease-causing organisms (Tamarin, 502). AIDS has spread throughout the world. There seems to be two worldwide patterns in the spread of AIDS, which is not contracted by casual contact. A 1959 blood sample from central Africa contained the first known human infection. Researchers discovered that the common form of AIDS, caused by HIV-1, jumped from chimpanzees to human beings in the region of Gabon in western Africa. Homosexual men and intravenous drug users primarily spread the disease and are the groups at highest risks in parts of the country like, Australia and western Europe. In the United States in 1988; the only area in which infections are increasing is throughout heterosexual sex. It can also be transmitted from a mother to her unborn child and unprotected sex (Tamarin, 502). HIV is a retrovirus, a unique group of RNA viruses, which was first ...

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