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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome A.I.D.S
Human Immuno-deficiency Virus H.I.V
What causes AIDS Hiv that lives in blood,semen, vaginal fluids, other body fluids with white blood cells
How is HIV spread? sex with an infected person, sharing needles with an infected person, from infected mother to baby
Sexual Transmission semen, vaginal fluids, and menstrual blood can all carry the A.I.D.S. virus (HIV), fluids can enter the blood stream through tears in tissues of the vagina, penis, anus, or mouth
Non-sexual Transmission Sharing i.v. drug needles- passes blood, infected mother to child- through birth or breast milk, blood transfusions-- infected blood, now eliminated when a test was discovered
Symptoms of AIDS fever,night sweats, rashes, chronic diarrhea
Who can get HIV? person with contact of infected person, virus must enter bloodstream/ body or break in the skin or mucous membrane
How to prevent HIV ? abstinence, do not share drug needles nor do drugs
A Person is given an AIDS diagnosis when: development of opportunistic infection (determined by C.D.C.), T cell count below 100

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Created May 7, 2008
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cuteyxcarolx : Changed H.I.V → Human Immuno- deficiency Virus to Human Immuno- deficiency Virus → H.I.V
cuteyxcarolx : Changed Causes of AIDS → Hiv that lives in blood,semen, vaginal fluids, other body fluids with white blood cells to What causes AIDS → Hiv that lives in blood,semen, vaginal fluids, other body fluids with white blood cells
cuteyxcarolx : Changed Non- sexual Transmission → Sharing i.v. drug needles- passes blood, infected mother to child- through birth or breast milk, blood transfusions-- infected blood, no eliminated when a test was discovered to Non-sexual Transmission → Sharing i.v. drug needles- passes blood, infected mother to child- through birth or breast milk, blood transfusions-- infected blood, no eliminated when a test was discovered
cuteyxcarolx : Changed A.I.D.S → Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome → A.I.D.S
cuteyxcarolx : Changed How can HIV be prevented? → abstinence, do not share drug needles nor do drugs to How to prevent HIV ? → abstinence, do not share drug needles nor do drugs
cuteyxcarolx : Changed Human Immuno- deficiency Virus → H.I.V to Human Immuno-deficiency Virus → H.I.V
cuteyxcarolx : Changed Non-sexual Transmission → Sharing i.v. drug needles- passes blood, infected mother to child- through birth or breast milk, blood transfusions-- infected blood, no eliminated when a test was discovered to Non-sexual Transmission → Sharing i.v. drug needles- passes blood, infected mother to child- through birth or breast milk, blood transfusions-- infected blood, now eliminated when a test was discovered
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  1. How is HIV spread? → sex with an infected person, sharing needles with an infected person, from infected mother to baby - 5 misses
  2. How to prevent HIV ? → abstinence, do not share drug needles nor do drugs - 5 misses
  3. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome → A.I.D.S - 4 misses
  4. What causes AIDS → Hiv that lives in blood,semen, vaginal fluids, other body fluids with white blood cells - 4 misses
  5. Who can get HIV? → person with contact of infected person, virus must enter bloodstream/ body or break in the skin or mucous membrane - 4 misses
  6. A Person is given an AIDS diagnosis when: → development of opportunistic infection (determined by C.D.C.), T cell count below 100 - 4 misses
  7. Human Immuno-deficiency Virus → H.I.V - 3 misses