Word: hiv
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Center for Disease Control in Atlanta estimates that by 1991--the last year of the next president's term--as many as 10 million people in the U.S. will be infected with the AIDS-causing HIV virus. Of those 10 million people, most will eventually develop the disease, according to researchers...
...particular, she said people who test positive for HIV, the AIDS antibody, need counseling because they are "waiting and watching and worrying about what will happen to their bodies in five to nine years," she said...
Latex condoms decrease the risk of exposure to HIV if used properly; spermicidal foams can also kill the virus. Water-based lubricants make condoms less likely to break...
Earlier in the history of the disease, hemophiliacs and other frequent users of the blood pool were particularly vulnerable because donors were not screened for HIV. But in 1985 the Red Cross developed a simple antibody test that virtually stopped contaminated blood from entering the pool. There is no risk in donating blood when equipment is sterile and needles are not re-used...
Further, symptoms may not develop until five to seven years after infection. This long, varying time period is known as the "latency" or "incubation" period. Not all those infected by HIV develop symptoms, but all who carry the virus may infect others...