Acquired immune deficiency syndrome <unk>  is a disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus <unk>  that leads to the progressive deterioration of the immune system. In the late stages of the condition, individuals become susceptible to opportunistic infections and neoplastic proliferation.<unk>  is transmitted via direct contact of an exposed mucous membrane or the bloodstream with bodily fluids (e.g., blood, semen, vaginal fluid, preseminal fluid, or breast milk) that contain<unk>  particles.<unk>  is a global pandemic; according to UNAIDS an estimated 37.9 million individuals were living with the disease in 2018. Of these, 36.2 million were adults and 1.7 million were children (< 15 years old). An estimated 1.7 million individuals worldwide became newly infected with<unk>  in 2018. Since the start of the epidemic until 2018, 74.9 million people have become infected with<unk>  and 32.0 million people have died from<unk> -related illnesses. In 2018, 79% of all people living with<unk>  knew their<unk>  status, and about 8.1 million people did not know that they were living with<unk> . Although several antiretroviral treatment regimens for<unk>  exist, they lead to a "functional" cure clearing the virus from the blood. There is currently no known "sterilizing cure" due to the existence of a "latent reservoir". Still, modern antiretroviral therapy has significantly decreased the morbidity and mortality associated with the disease. There are two proven cases of<unk>  sterilizing cure after bone marrow transplant for cancer: the first, initially known as "the Berlin patient" had leukemia and was presented at the 2008 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections. In 2010 the patient identified himself as Timothy Ray Brown; the second patient, called "the London patient" who had Hodgkin's lymphoma and was also submitted to bone marrow transplant, had his case presented at the same conference in 2019.
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