AIDS
HIV
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IMMUNODEFICIENCY
SYNDROME



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Human immunodeficiency virus or HIV
is a retrovirus that causes Acquired
Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS),
condition in which the immune system
begins to fail, leading to some of
the life-threatening opportunistic
infections.

Infection with HIV
occurs by the transfer
of:
blood,
semen,
vaginal fluid,
Cowper's fluid
or breast milk.

The three major
routes of
transmission:

unprotected sexual
intercourse,

contaminated needles,

transmission from an
infected mother to her
baby at birth or through
breast milk.



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AIDS
HIV
ACQUIRED
IMMUNODEFICIENCY
SYNDROME
LINKS



AIDS.ORG
http://www.aids.org/

AIDS Education Global
Information System (AEGiS)
http://www.aegis.org/

AIDS info
http://www.aidsinfo.nih.gov/

The Body
http://www.thebody.com/

Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/

Hiv Information
http://www.hivinformationdirectory.info/

UNAIDS: The Joint United
Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
http://www.unaids.org/

undp - united nations
development programme
http://www.undp.org/



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