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Rey, Rebecca J., and Teresa G. Odle. "AIDS." //The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine//. 3rd ed. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 2006. 80-88. //Gale Virtual Reference Library//. Web. 25 Oct. 2011.
 * AIDS is a disease that comes from a virus called HIV
 * Over 150,000 people in the United States are HIV positive
 * 44% of these people are gay men
 * 1,000-2,000 children are born HIV positive
 * AIDS can be transferred from pregnancy, blood products, needles from drugs, and sexual contact
 * Unprotected sex is the main way most people are getting infected
 * AIDS stands for acquired immune deficiency syndrome
 * Right now, there is no medicine to fully get rid of AIDS
 * The patients still take medicine to stop the side effects from the virus
 * AIDS weakens your T cells until there are none left
 * HIV comes from Human immunodeficiency virus
 * Immunodeficient is when your body's immune response is damaged
 * T cells are the cells that help you fight off viruses (the good cells)
 * The AIDS virus goes through 3 stages. Window stage, asymptomatic stage, and then symptomatic Stage
 * You can take tests like the Elisa test and western blot test to see if you are HIV positive
 * The latent period is the time that you become HIV positive until the time you have AIDS
 * Your body produces antibodies to help fight of this virus

Brier, Jennifer. "AIDS and People with AIDS." //Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered History in America//. Ed. Marc Stein. Vol. 1. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2004. 27-34. //Gale Virtual Reference Library//. Web. 25 Oct. 2011.
 * Most people considered this to be a disease that came from gay people
 * Parents were scared to send there children to school with HIV positive kids because they think the disease could be spread
 * Michael Callen and Richard Berkowitz were the first 2 men accused to start AIDS
 * You need a gallon of an saliva from an HIV positive person in order to become infected
 * The AIDS virus came from the African Green Monkey located in western Africa
 * Some of these are solution notes

Brier, Jennifer. "AIDS Service Organizations." //Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered History in America//. Ed. Marc Stein. Vol. 1. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2004. 40-43. //Gale Virtual Reference Library//. Web. 25 Oct. 2011.
 * Alcohol has been traced back to the HIV virus to make alcohol one of the main causes
 * People who have the HIV virus and are given alcohol to see what the effects might be
 * The HIV virus has mainly spread around Africa due to war and people exchanging blood
 * In Africa, children are becoming orphaned due to the AIDS virus spreading.
 * Most people die from this diseases due to lack of knowledge and lack of medicine
 * Girls are more likely to get the virus than guys because they do not think about their actions

"Substance Abuse and AIDS." //Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco: Learning about Addictive Behavior//. Ed. Rosalyn Carson-DeWitt. Vol. 3. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2003. 97-102. //Gale Virtual Reference Library//. Web. 25 Oct. 2011.
 * The person who is HIV positive is unable to fight off infections
 * The lower the white blood cell count, the less chance you have of living
 * Patients of AIDS could also have different cancers like Kaposi's sarcoma
 * Drugs like heroin and cocaine could also be infected with HIV if they were already used
 * A few cases of AIDS have been reported from non-injecting drugs as well
 * Symptoms in the early stages are flu like. Headache or vomiting
 * In the second stage, its fatigue, extreme weight loss, and night sweats
 * In the later stage, its weak when walking, trouble with memory and spiritless
 * When multiple AIDS drugs are given together, they're called AIDS cocktails
 * Patients with HIV should mainly consider HIV counseling. Talking to someone they feel comfortable with.

Wells, Ken R., and Teresa G. Odle. "AIDS Tests." //The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine//. 3rd ed. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 2006. 88-94. //Gale Virtual Reference Library//. Web. 25 Oct. 2011.
 * A Western blot test confirms the Elisa test (more accurate)
 * Elisa test is not always as accurate because it's done through a computer
 * The Western blot test is done by hand
 * There is HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is the beginning stage and later it could develop into HIV-2
 * If your white blood cell count is below 200 you have a slight chance that you are going to live much longer
 * When coming for a test, people can either be scared and not want to do it or have no worries about it. Some always wonder how they received the virus in the first place.
 * When they get there test results, if they are HIV positive, most people go into denial for a few weeks until they know they can live the same life except you have to be careful about what you do.