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1. SEXUAL ACTIVITY 2. INTRAVENOUSDRUG USE
INVOLVING EXCHANGE OF HIV INFECTED BLOOD, SEMEN, OR VAGINAL FLUIDS WITH CONTAMINATED NEEDLES OR SYRINGES
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and bleeding occurs in the lining o{ the vagina, allowing the incredibly small the needle into a vein, it picks up a large
'1\> • Uteru. virus living in semen easy entry into the bloodstream. The' lining of the number. ol HlY particles living in the blood;
~ f vagina is truck and durable having multiple cell layers, but can be penetrated :i when he or she passes the needle to another
• • • • Artery by HlY due to cuts, sores, and during menstruation. Transmission of HIV HlV ".; ENa:GED ;i user not only is the drug injected, but also
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can occur through infected semen, blood, or vaginal fluids. •••. VIEw.:'. a deadly dose o{ the AIDS virus as well.
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-"-------,---,,.rnm __ --.., Sexual activity involviIig the rectum is the most common cause o{ HIV
trao,mi.sion due to a single layer o{ceUs lining the rectum that tearB easily.
The rectum is not desigoed {or sexual activity and will tear this {ragile
lining, causing bleeding, therefore allowing infected fluids easy entrance
into the bloodstream, Hemorrhoids commoniy found in the rectum (shown
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protruding into the entry) are lhin veins that rupture easily, especially
during sexual activity, again allowing HIVaccess into blood vessels.
Transmission occurs most often from infected semen entering open or torn
blood vessels of the rectum.
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BLOOD
INFECTED SEMEN
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3. BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS
OR BLOOD PRODUCTS INFECTED WITH HIV
The virus may also be traosmltted through transfused blood or blood products,
but thi. is very rare. People receiving blood between 1978 and 1985 are at greater
risk. After 1985, all blood donations have been screened with the AIDS antibody
test.
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4. MOTHER TO BABY
BEFORE, DURING, OR AFTER BIRTH
Trurty to fifty percent o{ ilÚants born to HIY·ilÚected mothers are ilÚected with
the VU'US. The virus can be transmitted to the ilÚant before birth through the
mother's circulation to the fetus; during labor and delivery, or after birth through
infected breast m1lk.
IllV from the mother travel through lhe umbilical cord lo the
fetus (lUVare enlarged for ellsler viewing).
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