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AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is not transmitted. HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is the virus that causes someone to develop AIDS.
HIV is transmitted by contact with body fluids; blood, semen, vaginal fluid and breast milk. Many diseases can be transmitted by the same body fluids including a variety of STD's and bloodborne illnesses like hepatitis.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 10y agoA transmitted disease is an infectious disease that can be passed from one person to another.
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∙ 14y agoAll Infectious Diseases are transmitted form one person to another and most genetic diseases are transmitted genetically by inheritance.
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∙ 9y agoIf you include "inherited" as "being transmitted", virtually all diseases are "transmitted". That's the only way they "stay around" from generation to generation.
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Are girls or boys more at risk of getting hepatitis?
I'm not sure but I think males are more likely to get sexually transmitted diseases like aids.
Is it harmful when you swallow your partners saliva during kissing?
If your partner is healthy, its not harmful to swallow saliva. Diseases like the flu, colds, etc. can be transmitted by kissing. AIDs is not thought to be transmitted by kissing because the viral load of saliva is not heavy enough.
Why would a drug addict carry azithromycin?
It can be used to treat sexually transmitted diseases or infections, like other antibiotics.
What are four simple ways to interfere with transmission of diseases?
Depends on the disease.... Things like Mono or staff infections (MERSA) can be transmitted via touch (sharing drinks, contact with wounds etc) More serious health diseases can be transmitted through contact of bodily fluids such as blood (aids, hepatitis), STDs come from contact of intimate regions.
What disease can pass from one organism to another?
There are Infectious Diseases and Non infectious Diseases. Infectious diseases can be transmitted from person to person, and can be spread from one living thing to another are known as communicable diseases. They can be caused by, Bacteria, Viruses, Protists, etc. which is the Plague. Non infectious diseases can not be transmitted from person to person, these are things like Cancers.
What diseases are not inheritable?
Only diseases that are transmitted through genes are inherited. All others are not, especially things like infections.
Why is it important to know how to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs)?
So that you don't get one yourself
What three specific diseases do people with AIDS die from?
Having AIDS does not directly kill you. However, it weakens the immune system so that you are more exposed to catch diseases. Like pneumonia.
Why would a person with AIDS still have pneumonia?
AIDS does not cause any signs of illness, but rather blocks the body's immune system so that the person gets sick from other diseases . . . like pneumonia.
What disease can not be prevented using vaccination?
Generally diseases caused by viruses like nausea, AIDS and other can not be treated by vaccination as we do not have their vaccines or if have then they are not so effective.
What if you don't treat aids?
aids is a disease which attacks your immune system (the protective mechanism of the human body) if HIV virus is not controlled the disease will take its own course till your immune is completely destroyed and it will make you prone to other diseases like TB, AND many other kinds of infection. in the end a AIDS patient dies because of the other diseases he acquires while his/her immune was supressed by HIV virus HIV- human immunodeficiency virus AIDS - acquired immuno deficiency syndrome
An Illness that keeps the body from working the way it should?
Diseases, like pnemmonia, HIV, AIDS. crap like that.
