DOTLAN EveMaps

The systemic autoimmune disease which is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has killed more than 25 million people worldwide since it was first discovered in 1981. The condition cannot be cured but new medications have dramatically reduced death rate in the developed countries. In poor nations where health care is accessible only to the wealthy minority, mortality rate remains extremely high. Safe sex and the use of sterile needles remain the only HIV prevention measures.