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Answer 1

AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome:

Acquired means you can get infected with it;Immune Deficiency means a weakness in the body's system that fights diseases.Syndrome means a group of health problems that make up a disease.

AIDS is caused by a virus called the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). If you get infected with HIV, your body will try to fight the infection. It will make "antibodies," special immune molecules the body makes to fight HIV.

Tests for HIV look for these antibodies in your blood or mouth lining. If you have them in your blood, it means that you have HIV infection. People who have the HIV antibodies are called "HIV-Positive." Fact Sheet 102 has more information on HIV testing.

Being HIV-positive, or having HIV disease, is not the same as having AIDS. Many people are HIV-positive but don't get sick for many years. As HIV disease continues, it slowly wears down the immune system. Viruses, parasites, fungi and bacteria that usually don't cause any problems can make you very sick if your immune system is damaged. These are called "opportunistic infections

Answer 2

aids stand for Aquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome . it can get transmitted from one person to another . it can get transmitted through sharing of syringes used for injecting drugs , through a mother to her child through her milk or through sexual contact with a person infected from it.