Most people do not know how HIV is transfer so they don't know how to take the proper precautions. HIV/AIDS can't be transfered like a cold or the flu. It doesn't spread by being in the same room with a person who has it.HIV is passed directly from one person to another. It's passed through body fluids, such as blood.
The majority of people in North America get infected with HIV by:
- having sexual contact with a person who has HIV
- sharing needles or syringes (used to inject illegal drugs) with a person who has HIV
Other ways of getting HIV can occur when:
- an infected pregnant woman passes it to her unborn child. (This can be prevented by treating the mother and child around the time the baby is delivered.) Because of the risk to an untreated baby, every pregnant woman should be tested for HIV.
- a person has a blood transfusion (say: trans-fyoo-zhun) from a fairly large volume of blood. In North America today, all donated blood is tested for HIV, so the risk of getting HIV is less than one in a million.
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