Who is at greatest risk of HIV infection? -People who engage in high risk sexual behaviors.

-People who share needle to inject drug.

How can you protect yourself from HIV? -Use condom -You can protect yourself from HIV by practicing abstinence, avoiding drugs, and avoiding contact with others blood and body fluids.

AIDS

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HIV / AIDS
What is AIDS?

How is HIV transmitted?

What causes AIDS? -During Sex

-Sexual contact -Shared needles -contact with blood -Mother to baby can pass from infected mother to her child,, pregnancy, birth and breast feeding.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

-Blood transfusion -Sharing needles -From Mother to Child -HIV attack specific T cells of the immune system disabling the bodys defense against other pathogens.

AIDS is an often fatal disease of the immune system

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Sunsinee T. Anda T. Chayanisa O.