... disease caused by HIV. HIV is not airborne meaning that it cannot be contracted through the air. For one to contract HIV they must either have unprotected sex with someone who has the virus or have an open wound and some one with infected blood manages to come in contact with it. The disease AIDS ... through blood, semen, vaginal secretions, and breast milk. In this day and age we don't need to worry so much about blood transfusion because now they test blood donors for AIDS or the virus causing AIDS, HIV. Just 15 years ago they started testing for AIDS in blood donors and before that fo...

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... , just imagine how sick it makes healthy people let alone a person without a strong immune system. HIV can be contratced in different ways. The virus can be contracted from having unprotected sex, sharing needles, be given to a baby from its mother, or through any type of blood transfusion. The HIV virus is carried through blood, semen, vaginal fluid, and breast milk. Although ... and Prevention named the virus AIDS, Acquied Immune Deficiency Syndrome. To get tested for HIV the person will have a combination of the Eliza/Western Blot test. This test is lookin for antibodies of the HIV vi...

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... as the American Red Cross is tested for HIV, there is a slight chance that HIV can be transmitted through blood transfusions. HIV can also be transmitted through sex. This includes oral, anal, and vaginal sex. Mothers who are infected with HIV can also transmit HIV by breastfeeding their child. A child born from a woman with HIV has a 30% chance of getting HIV, primarily ... immunological disorder caused by the retrovirus HIV. When infected by HIV you body will make antibodies, special molecules that are supposed to fight HIV. When you get a blood test for HIV, the test looks for these ...

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... against Opportunistic Infections. How can you contract the HIV virus? The HIV virus is contracted by the exchange of body fluids. Various ways this is done is by having unprotected sex,(semen, vaginal secretions), sharing needles with an infected person (intravenous drug use, body piercing, tattooing, ect.), blood transfusions, and infected mother to child during pregnancy and through breastfeeding. ... are children. An estimated 16.3 million people have died from AIDS. 12.7 million adults, 6.2 million women, 3.6 million children. Testing for the HIV virus is a simple blood , saliva, or...

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... infect the mucous membranes directly or enter through cuts and sores caused during intercourse. Many of which are unnoticed. Another way to transmit HIV through sexual activities is through oral sex (mouth-penis, mouth-vagina). The mouth is an inhospitable environment for HIV (semen, vaginal fluids or blood), which means the risk of HIV transmission through the throat, gums and oral ... , to assess the risk of their exposure to people with AIDS. Then there are blood transfusions. Ever since 1985, all blood in the U.S. has been screened with the HIV antibody test. This practice has almost...

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AIDS AIDS stand for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. This is the condition caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus called HIV. People who have a positive blood test for the virus are said to be HIV positive. People who have certain diseases associated with HIV infection due to a depressed immune system are said to have AIDS. Being HIV ... : Unites States of America, England, Italy, France, Asia and Australia. This is due to many reasons as to people who indulge in high risk sexual behavior such as having unprotected sex with sexual active homosexual men, prostitutes or the female sexu...

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... sexual contact. There are three modes of transmission. You can get this through intercourse, which includes anal and vaginal intercourse. You may also get this through foreplay, which includes oral sex. And the last way to transmit Treponema Pallidum is by passing this disease onto their offspring if being pregnant while they are infected. T. Pallidum attaches to numerous cell types. This ... , brain, eyes, and bones. This is where the disease becomes fatal. To diagnose an individual with Treponema Pallidum, you can take a sample from a chancre, endure blood tests, or they can test cereb...

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... with the Hepatitis B virus. Those sexually active adults and teenagers, especially those who have had more than one sexual partner in the last six months, those who have had unprotected sex, or those who have had, or are currently having a homosexual relationship. Those who are health, dental, and emergency care personnel because the virus is highly resilient. Adoptive families, especially those ... Asked Questions, 2). Those who are already infected will not benefit from the vaccine. However, infants born to mothers who are carriers of the Hepatitis B virus can be protected. A simple b...

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... with the Hepatitis B virus. Those sexually active adults and teenagers, especially those who have had more than one sexual partner in the last six months, those who have had unprotected sex, or those who have had, or are currently having a homosexual relationship. Those who are health, dental, and emergency care personnel because the virus is highly resilient. Adoptive families, especially those ... Asked Questions, 2). Those who are already infected will not benefit from the vaccine. However, infants born to mothers who are carriers of the Hepatitis B virus can be protected. A simple b...

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... the cases of AIDS went from 80 to 160. That is only with 15 of the 50 states reporting. If the gay people of America wouldn't have so much unprotected sex, we might have been able to keep this under control. They spread this disease and managed to get in into the straight community. The medical community was trying very hard ... money. It wasn't until a very wealthy woman from San Francisco died from AIDS that she got from the diseased blood. From then on the Blood bank industry was forced to test all their patients for AIDS. That testing began in 1985, by that time there where 28,000 p...

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... example, if mosquitoes could transmit HIV infection, many more young children and preadolescents would have been diagnosed with AIDS. This fatal disease can be tested using the Elisa Test which is a screening test and regular medical check ups. These would help detect it at an early stage and then take measures accordingly. AIDS can be prevented by spreading awareness among people and ... especially the youth so that they don"t fall pray to the fatal disease. Other methods to prevent it are Safe Sex and avoiding having sexual intercourse with an infected individual ... ...

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