ABSTRACT
AIDS, the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, is a communicable, uniformly fatal disease caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV is a retrovirus, which also has been referred to as the Human T-Lymphotrophic Virus type III (HTLV-III) or the Lymphadenopathy-Associated Virus (LAY), and exists in several forms (e.g., HIV-1, HIV-2) (Pagliaro, Pagliaro, Thauberger, Hewitt, & Reddon, 1993; A.M. Pagliaro & L.A. Pagliaro, 1992a, 1994). Worldwide, the number of individuals infected with HIV is currently estimated by the WHO to be approximately 40 million (Mertens & Low-Beer, 1996).1
