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geography of HIV/AIDS  

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  • The virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, was first identified by scientists in 1983. Since then, the geographic origins of the virus have been hotly debated in the scholarly and secular communities. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; HIV/AIDS, Geography of]

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