Commentary Essay

HIV became known in 1983, it was then that scientist and the government became interested in knowing where this epidemic originated from and how. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a lot like other viruses, including those that cause the common cold, but it is important to know that over time, your immune system will become weak as the severity of HIV increases. What HIV does is attack your T cells, which help your body fight infections, it them takes over them to make its own. A person will only be aware that they are infected within 10 years of being infected. By this time your body will not be capable of fighting off infection. With this occurring it can lead to Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) it is the final stage of HIV infection. Once you have reached this stage AIDS you will be at risk for opportunistic infections (OIs) and have a higher chance of cancers. HIV/ AIDS are a controversial subject, for many have different presumptions on how this virus was either designed by humans or passed on by our own family tree. Besides with all these assumptions being made we need to back them up with facts and many scientist have provided a sufficient amount of evidence to make their theories valid. This virus has two species. First one is HIV-1 with came from a Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) developed in Chimpanzees. HIV-1 was accountable for the rapid spread of AIDS. It then was divided into three groups the’’ major” M group, the ‘’much rarer’’ O group, and’’ new’’ N group. Group M would make up almost 90 percent of infectious diseases worldwide, and scientist have found that it just keeps on mixing a creating a variety of illnesses. Diseases will not become smaller but larger within time. The second would be HIV-2 that also came from SIV, but was found in a different monkey the Sooty Mangabey. It originated in West Africa, and with no surprise it spread all over except this type is less likely to be as harsh. HIV-1 is extremely ancient and it