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What are some reasons why aids isn't contagious?
This is all a bit of a technicality. AIDS is a result of HIV, much like a fever is the result of the flu. A fever is not contagious, but the flu is. AIDS is not contagious, but HIV is.AIDS is a syndrome, not the actual virus. The actual virus is HIV, which is contagious. HIV is what is passed from person to person through blood, unprotected sex, sharing needles, and a few other routes. Once a person has HIV, they will develop AIDS as an effect of the virus.
Is HIV found in saliva?
HIV's are found everywhere.
Should you wash dishes with bleach kill the HIV virus?
HIV requires blood-to-blood transfer to be contagious, I'just can't see that happening in anything even vaugule realted to normal eating habits.
One of the distinguishing characteristics between HIV and AIDS is?
HIV is a virus. AIDS is a diagnosis. HIV is contagious and causes a person to develop AIDS. AIDS is not contagious and only occurs in people who are HIV+.
Can you get aids from anything?
AIDS is not a contagious disease. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. HIV is transmitted though contact with infected blood, semen, vaginal fluid or breast milk.
Is HIV is more contagious than Hepatitis B?
No HIV isn't contagious unless you have sex with someone and stuff like that.Yes it is.HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiancy Virus. It can be contageus through a few different ways.1. Mother to child: when the baby is in the mothers stomach the baby shares the same immune system. If the mother has HIV the baby will to get HIV unless the mother takes certain pills during pregnancy and the baby has a sea section.2. Sex: There are a few bodily liquids that when in contact, get into the other persons body by the penus or vagina. This may cause HIV if one of the parties has HIV already.3. BLOOD: Blood is , surprisingly, the least common way to get HIV. You would have to have an open wound as well as the person with HIV. If you share needles with the a person with HIV then you will get HIV. This is why you need to make sure you go to a profetional ear piercer or tattoo artist.
Why is HIV screening for blood products not 100 percent effective?
HIV screening for blood products is not 100 percent effective because someone can be recently infected and contagious, but have a negative test. That's why screening for high-risk behaviors is also used to protect the blood supply.
Is Hepatitis C or HIV contagious in a public swimming pool?
No it is not, for both HIV and HCV.
How contagious are aids?
AIDS is a collection of symptoms and signs, and as such is contagious. The virus that causes it - HIV, or Human Immunodeficiency Virus - is contagious, and is spread sexually, by exposure to certain bodily fluids, by intravenous needle sharing, from mother to child during pregnancy or birth.
Can a person join the military with hiv?
Because HIV is contagious and deadly and affect the persons health and fitness.
What are three examples of contagious diseases?
There are more than three contagious diseases. The top three contagious diseases are flu, HIV and Ebola.
Is a person with HIV contagious before seroconversion?
An infected person with HIV is contagious soon after initial infection. The highest risk of transmission is during the initial infection, and at the end stage near death.
