Citizens around the world are familiar with HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus, which is a virus that can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, AIDS. Unlike other viruses, the human body is unable to get rid of the HIV virus. Once infected, you carry the HIV virus for the rest of your life. The HIV virus spreads through body fluids and affects specific cells of the immune system called CD4 cells or T cells. Over time, this virus can destroy such an abundance of these cells that the body eventually becomes unable to fight off infections. infections and diseases. HIV can only be passed from person to person through certain fluids from an infected person; blood, semen, vaginal fluids and breast milk. These fluids must come into contact with a mucous membrane, damaged tissue, or be directly injected into the bloodstream for possible transmission to occur. The mucous membranes can be found inside the rectum, vagina, opening of the penis and mouth. In the United States, HIV is spread primarily through unprotected sex with someone infected with the HIV virus. Anal sex poses the highest risk, followed by vaginal sex. You are more likely to be infected with the virus if you have multiple sexual partners or have other sexually transmitted diseases. Additionally, it is a bad idea to share needles, syringes, or flushing water with someone infected with the HIV virus. However, children can be born to an infected mother and the disease can be passed to the child during birth. More and more cases of infection are occurring during blood transfusions, organ transplants or even after being bitten by someone infected with the virus. On the other hand, American society is less accustomed to what exactly malaria is. Mala...... middle of paper ...... gnawing women, because too many chemicals can be absorbed through the skin. There are also medications that can be taken to help prevent malaria. In conclusion, we believe that malaria should receive more funding than HIV/AIDS because progress toward malaria vaccine development has accelerated in recent years. With modern advances in vaccine science and technology, funding and awareness of malaria has increased; However, with this field reinvigorated, there have been some constraints from traditional markets, few developers, and the technical complexity of developing any vaccine against a parasite. Additionally, with more initial funding in vaccine development, as well as new ideas in the field and innovative partnerships, we believe there will be fewer malaria outbreaks, not only in the United States, but everywhere in the world.