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Statistical Analysis Of Incidence Of Hiv/aids Pandemic In Nigeria From 1996 – 2005
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1.2.2 CAUSES OF AIDS
Most scientists believe that AIDS is caused by a
type of germ known as a virus. The virus has been given a number of
different scientific names including: HTL V – III, LAV, ARV and HIV.
The most commonly known among these is HIV.
HIV stands for
H - Human
I - Immunodeficiency
V - Virus
1.2.3 SYMPTOMS OF AIDS
It depends on which disease the person develops as the immune system break down.
Most common symptoms are:
i. Prolonged diarrhea
ii. Swollen Lymph glands in the neck, armpits or elsewhere
iii. Unexplained weight loss
iv. Persistent dry cough
v. Severe skin rashes which comes and goes
vi. Night sweat
vii. Extreme tiredness
viii. White patches inside the mouth
ix. Shortness of breath
x. Proneness to different kinds of diseases like tuberculosis, cancer, pneumonia, chest infection, Meningitis.
1.2.4 MODE OF SPREAD OF AIDS
i. Sexual Intercourse (homo, heterc)
ii. Prenatal transmission from mother to new born
iii. Blood transfusion
iv. Use of unsterilized equipment and contaminated needle
v. Contact with blood of infected person
1.2.5 HOW TO AVOID AIDS
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The cam of this study was to examine the incidence of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria.  This study started with attempt to state the problem that motivated the study.         The study was done to access critically the impact of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria and the effort toward reducing it. The method hypothesis was tested with use of kruskal wallis multiple comparism test, sign test and test for goodness of fit. In this test, the null hypothesis of the first two test was rejected while the later w ... Continue reading---
