HIV / AIDS In Brief
HIV is the term used to describe Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
AIDS is the term used to describe Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome.
HIV is caused by exposure to the bodily fluids of an infected person.
This can be through sexual contact or other means such as intravenous
drug use.
AIDS develops after a person has been infected by the Human Immunodeficiency
Virus.
The time between becoming infected by HIV and developing AIDS is on
average, approx. 9 years.
HIV can also be spread via vertical transmission from mother to newborn
baby at birth and via breast milk.
Incurable, although some success has been achieved in slowing the progress
of the development from HIV to AIDS.
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