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Which of the following statements about AIDS is true?
 
  a. An infected person immediately develops AIDS-related complex (ARC).
 b. The median time for the development of full-blown AIDS is around three to five years.
 c. The death rate from AIDS declined 80 percent since 1990.
 d. The current successful cure for AIDS is highly active antiviral therapy (HAART), which eliminates the virus.

Question 2

Estimates regarding the prevalence of AIDS in southern Africa indicate that
 
  a. the percent of the adult population that are HIV positive comprises two-thirds of the cases worldwide.
  b. 10 percent of the adult population has AIDS.
 c. 5 million children are orphaned by the disease.
 d. none of these



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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

a



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