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Author

  • Christine Maggiore

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Category

  • AIDS Defining Illness

Topic

  • AIDS Paradox

  • AIDS Dilemma

  • AIDS Definitions

  • HIV Antibody

  • AIDS Epidemiology

  • C.D.C.

Article Type

  • Editorial article

Publish Year

  • 1996

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  • AIDS, not a new disease, is a term by CDC for 29 known illnesses occurring in HIV positive individuals. CDC's AIDS definitions have expanded thrice since 1981.

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  • AIDS is not a new disease but a term given by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to a collection of 29 known illnesses that occur in individuals who test positive for HIV. The definition of AIDS in America has been expanded three times since 1981, causing significant increases in the number of new AIDS cases. However, the conditions that are called AIDS vary from country to country. For instance, Canada's Laboratory Centre for Disease Control does not recognize the American T cell count criteria for AIDS. This means that over 25% of all people in the US diagnosed with AIDS would not have AIDS if they were in Canada. The CDC has previously raised public concern over relatively insignificant health matters, such as the Swine Flu and Legionnaire's Disease.

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  • AIDS

  • Disease

  • CDC

  • Definitions

  • HIV

  • Antibodies

  • Illnesses

  • Symptoms

  • Diagnosis

  • Health

  • Infections

  • Epidemics

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The CDC raised public concern again the next year with harrowing predictions for Legionnaire's Disease. Following massive government research efforts and relentless media reports of a new contagious disease, the form of common pneumonia dubbed "Legionnaire's" ended up taking the lives of less than 30 people nationwide. It was later discovered that 20 to 30 percent of Americans are positive for the Legionella bacteria, a common microbe found in water systems throughout the country. (12) The CDC's preoccupation with contagious illness contrasts with the fact that all infectious diseases combined take the lives of less than 1% of modern day Americans. (13)

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Defined Terms

AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
Antibodies: Proteins that are manufactured by lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell) to neutralize an antigen (foreign protein) in the body. Bacteria, viruses and other microorganisms commonly contain many antigens; antibodies formed against these antigens help the body neutralize or destroy the invading microbe. Antibodies may also be formed in response to vaccines.
HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus; the alleged cause of AIDS.
T cell: One of the two main classes of lymphocytes. T cells play an important role in the body's immune system.
Virus: An organism comprised mainly of genetic material within a protein coat. Depending on the type of virus, the nucleic acid may be either DNA or RNA; in retroviruses, the nucleic acid is RNA. Viruses are incapable of activities typical of life such as growth, respiration and metabolism. Outside living cells, viruses are wholly inert.
Microbe: A minute form of life; a microorganism, especially one that causes disease.

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