Transmission of HIV
HIV/AIDS is a sexually transmitted disease and the human immunodeficiency virus can be found in body fluid of the infected individual. So, the virus gets transmitted through blood, vaginal fluid, semen and breast milk of the infected individual. More commonly, the virus spreads through unprotected sex, blood transfusion and use of a common needle during intravenous drug use. The virus can also spread from an infected mother to her child either during pregnancy or while breastfeeding. After being infected with the virus, a person may develop the early symptoms within a few weeks to several months.
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