NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
MICROBIOLOGY
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The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes AIDS. The first know cases of AIDS were in Africa in the late 1950’s. Since then, tens of millions of people have died from the disease, and tens of millions more people all over the world are infected. Which term best describes the disease AIDS?
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isolated cases
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outbreak
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epidemic
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pandemic
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In June 1981, the first cases of the illness now known as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) were reported from Los Angeles in five young homosexual men diagnosed with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and other opportunistic infections (1).
Detailed explanation-2: -Among all countries worldwide those in sub-Saharan Africa have the highest rates of HIV. The countries with the highest rates of HIV include Eswatini, Lesotho, and Botswana. In 2021, Eswatini had the highest prevalence of HIV with a rate of almost 28 percent.
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