HIV Risk Factors WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on HIV Risk Factors
The majority of HIV infections are acquired through unprotected sexual relations. Sexual transmission can occur when infected sexual secretions of one partner come into contact with the genital, oral, or rectal mucous membranes of another. The blood or blood product route can account for infections in intravenous drug users, hemophiliacs and recipients of blood transfusions (though most transfusions are checked for HIV in the developed world) and blood products. It is also of concern for persons receiving medical care in regions where there is prevalent substandard hygiene in the use of injection equipment, such as the reuse of needles in Third World countries. HIV can also be spread through the sharing of needles. Health care workers such as nurses, laboratory workers, and doctors have also been infected, although this occurs more rarely. People who give and receive tattoos, piercings, and scarification procedures can also be at risk of infection. Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of the virus can occur in utero during pregnancy and intrapartum at childbirth. In the absence of treatment, the transmission rate between the mother and child is around 25 percent. However, where combination antiretroviral drug treatment and Cesarean section are available, this risk can be reduced to as low as one percent. Breastfeeding also presents a risk of infection for the baby. ...more from Wikipedia
Fast Facts:
- HIV/AIDS first was recognized about 20 years ago.1
- Anyone of any age, race, sex or sexual orientation can be infected.2
- There is no scientific evidence indicating that any person has ever become infected through kissing an HIV positive person.3
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Research Notes References
- ↑ HandsOnHealth: What are the Risk Factors for HIV/AIDS?
- ↑ Mayo Clinic: HIV/AIDS Risk Factors
- ↑ Avert: How Can You Get HIV
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- Contributor: Jacky Gamble
- Reviewer: Chris Miller
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 22, 2009
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- Contributor: Jacky Gamble
- Reviewer: Chris Miller
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Risk Factors of HIV, Who's at Risk for HIV, AIDS Risk Factors, Risk Factors for AIDS, Who's at Risk for AIDS
- Last update: Oct. 22, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
