What is acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)? Do the typical sources of infection vary for different groups? In what part of the world is HIV infection increasing at the highest rate?

What will be an ideal response?

* Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a virus that attacks the body's immune system, resulting in vulnerability to infectious diseases that eventually cause death.
* AIDS deaths have dropped dramatically, but worldwide AIDS has claimed 25 million lives.
* Most AIDS victims are young adults and members of minority groups.
* Deaths from AIDS have declined in the U.S., France, and Great Britain since 1996.
* Among men, the leading causes of HIV infection are man-to-man sexual contact and injecting drugs; among women, the leading causes of HIV infection are injecting drugs and heterosexual contact.
* The rate of HIV infection is rising most rapidly in sub-Saharan Africa (where over 60% of all people with HIV live) and parts of South and Southeast Asia (2nd most HIV-infected region of the world).
* African-Americans and Hispanics account for 80% of the reported cases of AIDS among women.
* Teenage girls represented 43% of all new AIDS cases among 13-19-year-olds, with African-American teens representing 69% of these diagnoses