Infectious and Contagious Diseases

WHAT IS HIV / AIDS? HIV / AIDS is the acronym that stands for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The HIV 1 virus was discovered in the early 1980s. In the case of a deficiency of the immune system, the body's defenses diminish [...]

MALARIAWhat is Malaria The word derives from the Italian "mal aria" which means bad air. It was formerly believed that people who had bad air were sick. Malaria is a potentially serious but curable infectious disease caused by parasites of the genus Plasmodium, transmitted from person to person by the bite of the female Anopheles [...]