Application of Community Health and Population-Focused Nursing Name Institutional Affiliation Description of the Outbreak HIV/AIDS is a viral disease that usually affects the immune system of an individual making the body less resistant to various infections such as tuberculosis among others. The disease outbreak was first discovered in the year 1981 by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Its cause was also discovered in the early 1980s (Whiteside, 2016). However, it is said to have reached the United States as early as 1960 but was not discovered until the early 80s. It reached most countries across the world in the 90s and early 2000s. It is alleged that the disease...
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