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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (view source)
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'''Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome''' (usually referred to as '''AIDS''') is an (at present) incurable disease caused by long-term infection with the[[HIV|Human Immunodeficiency Virus]]. In September 2010, [[Reuters]] reported: "Nearly one in five gay and bisexual men in 21 major U.S. cities are infected with HIV, and nearly half of them do not know it".<ref>http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/09/23/us-aids-usa-idUSTRE68M3H220100923</ref> A September 2010 report of the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) declared : "[[Homosexuality|Gay]], [[bisexual]], and other men who have sex with men (MSM) represent approximately 2% of the US population, yet are the population most severely affected by [[HIV]] and are the only risk group in which new HIV infections have been increasing steadily since the early 1990s. In 2006, MSM accounted for more than half (53%) of all new HIV infections in the United States..."<ref>http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/msm/index.htm</ref> In August 2009, LifeSiteNews reported: "An official with the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) announced the CDC's estimate Monday that in the [[United States]] [[AIDS]] is fifty times more prevalent among men who have sex with men ('MSM') than the rest of the population."<ref>http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive/ldn/2009/aug/09082609</ref>
'''Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome''' (usually referred to as '''AIDS''') is an (at present) incurable disease caused by long-term infection with the[[HIV|Human Immunodeficiency Virus]].
In 2017, the ''Specialty Pharmacy Times'', "When combatting viruses such as [[HIV]], several enzymes in the immune system may malfunction and cause cancer-related mutations, according to a new study published by Nature Communications."<ref>[https://www.specialtypharmacytimes.com/news/fighting-hiv-other-viruses-could-trigger-cancer-mutations Fighting HIV, Other Viruses Could Trigger Cancer Mutations], ''Specialty Pharmacy Times'', 2017</ref> See also: [[Homosexuality and AIDS]]
In September 2010, [[Reuters]] reported: "Nearly one in five gay and bisexual men in 21 major U.S. cities are infected with HIV, and nearly half of them do not know it".<ref>http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/09/23/us-aids-usa-idUSTRE68M3H220100923</ref> A September 2010 report of the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) declared : "[[Homosexuality|Gay]], [[bisexual]], and other men who have sex with men (MSM) represent approximately 2% of the US population, yet are the population most severely affected by [[HIV]] and are the only risk group in which new HIV infections have been increasing steadily since the early 1990s. In 2006, MSM accounted for more than half (53%) of all new HIV infections in the United States..."<ref>http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/msm/index.htm</ref> In August 2009, LifeSiteNews reported: "An official with the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) announced the CDC's estimate Monday that in the [[United States]] [[AIDS]] is fifty times more prevalent among men who have sex with men ('MSM') than the rest of the population."<ref>http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive/ldn/2009/aug/09082609</ref>
== Diagnosis ==
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