Interview You are a health officer. A newspaper reporter has come to interview you about AIDS. REPORTER !

oo" evenin#$ Enci% &ai'ol. Than% you for a#reein# to be interviewe" by Daily (ews. Ever since AIDS was "etecte" in )alaysia some years a#o$ it has cause" #reat an*iety an" concern. At the same time$ there are a lot of misconceptions an" unfoun"e" fears concernin# AIDS. I wish to interview you to e"ucate the public an" allay their fears. !oo" evenin#. Please$ #o ahea". -an you please e*plain what AIDS is an" why it is fatal. AIDS is cause" by the +uman Immuno"eficiency /irus$ commonly calle" +I/. In our bloo"$ there are re" an" white bloo" cells. 0hite bloo" cells help the bo"y fi#ht "iseases an" infections. This virus attac%s the white bloo" cells. Eventually$ AIDS patients become vulnerable to "iseases an" even a common col" may %ill them. AIDS patients usually "evelop pneumonia an" cancer. Some otherwise rare forms of cancer have also been lin%e" to AIDS. -an AIDS be "etecte" imme"iately after infection. (o$ AIDS antibo"ies$ which in"icate infection$ appear only after 1 to 23 wee%s. +ence$ it may #o unnotice" for a lon# time. Some +I/ carriers may even live healthy lives for 4uite some time before they show symptoms of AIDS or before the virus is "etecte". +ow is the +I/ virus sprea". The virus is passe" from an infecte" person to his or her se*ual partner. AIDS can also be sprea" by sharin# nee"les an" syrin#es or s%in5piercin# instruments which contain the bloo" of an infecte" person. That is why "ru# a""icts are in the hi#h5ris% #roup for contractin# AIDS. 6arbers shoul" also use only "isposable ra'ors because there is a ris% of sprea"in# the "isease. An infecte" pre#nant woman may also transmit the "isease to her baby. In the past$ some people contracte" AIDS throu#h bloo" transfusions with infecte" bloo". (owa"ays$ "onate" bloo" is screene". -an AIDS be sprea" by touchin# an infecte" person. (o$ AIDS cannot be sprea" throu#h casual contact. This inclu"es touchin#$ sha%in# han"s or sharin# articles where there is no e*chan#e of bo"y flui"s$ such as when usin# public toilets Than% you so much for enli#htenin# us on this sub7ect. Than% you$ I hope the public will benefit from this interview. I8m sure they will.

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Interview You are a health officer. A newspaper reporter has come to interview you about AIDS. REPORTER !oo" evenin#$ Enci% &ai'ol. Than% you for a#reein# to be interviewe" by Daily (ews. Ever since AIDS was "etecte" in )alaysia some years a#o$ it has cause" #reat an*iety an" concern. At the same time$ there are a lot of misconceptions an" unfoun"e" fears concernin# AIDS. I wish to interview you to e"ucate the public an" allay their fears. !oo" evenin#. Please$ #o ahea". -an you please e*plain what AIDS is an" why it is fatal. AIDS is cause" by the +uman Immuno"eficiency /irus$ commonly calle" +I/. In our bloo"$ there are re" an" white bloo" cells. 0hite bloo" cells help the bo"y fi#ht "iseases an" infections. This virus attac%s the white bloo" cells. Eventually$ AIDS patients become vulnerable to "iseases an" even a common col" may %ill them. AIDS patients usually "evelop pneumonia an" cancer. Some otherwise rare forms of cancer have also been lin%e" to AIDS. -an AIDS be "etecte" imme"iately after infection. (o$ AIDS antibo"ies$ which in"icate infection$ appear only after 1 to 23 wee%s. +ence$ it may #o unnotice" for a lon# time. Some +I/ carriers may even live healthy lives for 4uite some time before they show symptoms of AIDS or before the virus is "etecte". +ow is the +I/ virus sprea". The virus is passe" from an infecte" person to his or her se*ual partner. AIDS can also be sprea" by sharin# nee"les an" syrin#es or s%in5piercin# instruments which contain the bloo" of an infecte" person. That is why "ru# a""icts are in the hi#h5ris% #roup for contractin# AIDS. 6arbers shoul" also use only "isposable ra'ors because there is a ris% of sprea"in# the "isease. An infecte" pre#nant woman may also transmit the "isease to her baby. In the past$ some people contracte" AIDS throu#h bloo" transfusions with infecte" bloo". (owa"ays$ "onate" bloo" is screene". -an AIDS be sprea" by touchin# an infecte" person. (o$ AIDS cannot be sprea" throu#h casual contact. This inclu"es touchin#$ sha%in# han"s or sharin# articles where there is no e*chan#e of bo"y flui"s$ such as when usin# public toilets Than% you so much for enli#htenin# us on this sub7ect. Than% you$ I hope the public will benefit from this interview. I8m sure they will.

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