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Yes; a person with AIDS can infect a sexual partner with the HIV if proper precautions are not taken.
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What is the difference between having HIV and Aids?
HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. Hence, HIV in the virus and AIDS is the disease that results from the virus.
AIDS is a virus?
AIDS is a syndrome. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS.
What type of virus is AIDS and HIV?
aids is an hiv: human immunodeficiency virus. and hiv is an std.
The virus that causes aids is?
The HIV virus causes AIDS. HIV stand for Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
What is the name given to the AIDS virus HIV?
the name given to the AIDS virus is HIV.
How is HIV diffetent from aids?
HIV is a virus; AIDS is a disease.
What is the difference between AIDS and HIV?
The difference between HIV and AIDS is that HIV is the virus that causes the disease AIDS. You can be a carrier of the HIV virus and not contract the disease but you can infect others.
Is HIV and aids a bacteria?
HIV is a virus.
What is The name of the pathogenic organism that causes aids?
HIV- Human Immunodeficiency Virus *HIV is not a pathogenic organism, but a virus. To be an organism it must be able to replicate on its own, which it cannot. It needs a host to do so.
What percent of Americans who attract HIV will get the AIDS virus?
The difference between HIV and AIDS is a number. If you have the HIV virus, and your T-Cell count is below 200, then you are considered (from that point forward, regardless of your T-Cell count) an AIDS patient. That doesn't mean that everyone with HIV will end up with AIDS... but HIV and AIDS are the same thing; the difference is how much damage the HIV virus has done to your T-Cells.
Are HIV and AIDs two distinct diseases?
HIV is the virus. AIDS is the disease caused by the virus. (So HIV is not actually a disease per se.) As an analogue - the H1N1 virus can cause the flu.
Is it true that if you are infected with AIDS then you have HIV?
Correct...HIV can lead to AIDS and AIDS can only be caused be the HIV virus.
