The 10 Most Deadly Diseases in the World Today

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No. 4 HIV/AIDS

Ever since the first HIV/AIDS patients appeared in the early 1980’s, this disease hasn’t stopped killing people. Even though scientists have developed different treatments for this chronic, life-threatening condition, it is an expensive treatment, and in most cases doesn’t reach patients in time to prolong their lives. Most HIV-infected patients eventually develop AIDS, which produces a general collapse of the immune system, and leads to rapid death. AIDS has caused, since its discovery, more than 30 million deaths worldwide.

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