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HIV Transmission Facts

Human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, is transmitted by several means, including: sexual contact with an infected person, needle sharing amongst drug users, and through transfusions of infected blood or blood clotting factors. The latter is less common these days in countries that screen blood for HIV antibodies. HIV can also be transmitted to babies by HIV-infected mothers before or during birth, as well as through breast feeding after birth. Read more


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