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AIDS Zone HIV is spread most commonly by having unprotected sex with an infected partner. The virus can enter the body through the lining of the vagina, vulva, penis, rectum, or mouth during sex.What is AIDS Role of Blood in AIDS How HIV is transmitted Early symptoms of HIV HIV infection diagnosis HIV infection treatment Preventions of HIV infection Researches going on AIDS How HIV Causes AIDS --Overview --Scope --Retrovirus Early Events in HIV Infection Course of HIV Infection HIV and Lymph Nodes Role of CD8+ T Cells Replication and Mutation Immune System Cell Loss Immune Activation in HIV Laboratory Diagnosis for AIDS AIDS drugs in use AIDS drugs in development AIDS Statistics Epidemic Introduction Actions for HIV prevention Intensifying Prevention AIDS Nutrition for people with HIV Organise AIDS Awareness AIDS Factsheet Glossary Open your heart - AIDS AIDS Count AIDS NGOs Directory Youth and AIDS See Also Manage your Health Records Take Clinical Test Reports My Diabetes Test History Write Blogs on Safe - Blood Submit Reseach Papers Start Clinical Discussion Go News Zone HIV also is spread through contact with infected blood. Before donated blood was screened for evidence of HIV infection and before heat-treating techniques to destroy HIV in blood products were introduced, HIV was transmitted through transfusions of contaminated blood or blood components. HIV frequently is spread among injection drug users by the sharing of needles or syringes contaminated with very small quantities of blood from someone infected with the virus. However getting HIV by accidental sticks with contaminated needles or other medical instruments is not ruled out. HIV is transmitted by mothers to their babies during pregnancy or birth. Approximately one-quarter to one-third of all untreated pregnant women infected with HIV will pass the infection to their babies. HIV also can be spread to babies through the breast milk of mothers infected with the virus. Although researchers have found HIV in the saliva of infected people. No one knows, however, whether so-called "deep" kissing, involving the exchange of large amounts of saliva, or oral intercourse increase the risk of infection. Studies of families of HIV-infected people have shown clearly that HIV is not spread through casual contact such as the sharing of food utensils, towels and bedding, swimming pools, telephones, or toilet seats. HIV is not spread by biting insects such as mosquitoes or bedbugs. Also HIV can infect anyone who practices risky behaviors such as having sexual contact with someone whose HIV status is unknown, having a sexually transmitted disease such as syphilis, genital herpes, chlamydial infection, gonorrhea, or bacterial vaginosis appears to make people more susceptible to getting HIV infection during sex with infected partners. You are here : Home  AIDS Zone How Is HIV Transmitted? |
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