Information About HIV/AIDS
AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS.
Acquired: because it's a condition one must acquire or get infected with; not something transmitted through the genes.
Immune: because it affects the body's immune system, the part of the body which usually works to fight off germs such as bacteria and viruses.
Deficiency: because it makes the immune system deficient (makes it not work properly.)
Syndrome: because someone with AIDS may experience a wide range of different diseases and opportunistic infections.
Human: because this virus can only infect human beings.
Immuno-deficiency: because the effect of the virus is to create a deficiency, a failure to work properly, within the body's immune system.
Virus: because this organism is a virus, which means one of its characteristics is that it is incapable of reproducing by itself. It reproduces by taking over the machinery of the human cell.
HIV can be transmitted from an infected person to another through:
• Blood (including menstrual blood)
• Semen
• Vaginal secretions
• Breast milk
Blood contains the highest concentration of the virus, followed by semen, followed by vaginal fluids, followed by breast milk.
Activities That Allow HIV Transmission
• Unprotected sexual contact
• Direct blood contact, including injection drug needles, blood transfusions, accidents in health care settings or certain blood products
• Mother to baby (before or during birth, or through breast milk)
The following "bodily fluids" are NOT infectious:
• Saliva
• Tears
• Sweat
• Feces
• Urine
For more information about HIV/AIDS please visit www.aids.org and www.aidshealth.org
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