World AIDS day by Wilfredo Cordova https://padlet.com/wilfredo_cordova/mlaedixift5q Facts about AIDS en-us 2017-12-04 20:31:42 UTC 2025-10-16 17:35:58 UTC hello@padlet.com What's HIV? wilfredo_cordova https://padlet.com/wilfredo_cordova/mlaedixift5q/wish/213071520 HIV is a virus spread through certain body fluids that attacks the body’s immune system, specifically the CD4 cells, often called T cells.]]> 2017-12-04 20:38:30 UTC https://padlet.com/wilfredo_cordova/mlaedixift5q/wish/213071520 What does HIV do wilfredo_cordova https://padlet.com/wilfredo_cordova/mlaedixift5q/wish/213071897 Over time, HIV can destroy so many of these cells that the body can’t fight off infections and disease. ]]> 2017-12-04 20:39:38 UTC https://padlet.com/wilfredo_cordova/mlaedixift5q/wish/213071897 Where did HIV come from wilfredo_cordova https://padlet.com/wilfredo_cordova/mlaedixift5q/wish/213072535 Scientists identified a type of chimpanzee in Central Africa as the source of HIV infection in humans. They believe that the chimpanzee version of the immunodeficiency virus (called simian immunodeficiency virus, or SIV) most likely was transmitted to humans and mutated into HIV when humans hunted these chimpanzees for meat and came into contact with their infected blood. ]]> 2017-12-04 20:41:23 UTC https://padlet.com/wilfredo_cordova/mlaedixift5q/wish/213072535 Is there a cure for HIV??? wilfredo_cordova https://padlet.com/wilfredo_cordova/mlaedixift5q/wish/213073020 No effective cure currently exists for HIV. But with proper medical care HIV can be controlled.]]> 2017-12-04 20:42:43 UTC https://padlet.com/wilfredo_cordova/mlaedixift5q/wish/213073020 Is there a way I can see if I have HIV? wilfredo_cordova https://padlet.com/wilfredo_cordova/mlaedixift5q/wish/213073409 The only way to know for sure whether you have HIV is to get tested. Knowing your status is important because it helps you make healthy decisions to prevent getting or transmitting HIV.]]> 2017-12-04 20:44:02 UTC https://padlet.com/wilfredo_cordova/mlaedixift5q/wish/213073409 wilfredo_cordova https://padlet.com/wilfredo_cordova/mlaedixift5q/wish/213073643 2017-12-04 20:44:43 UTC https://padlet.com/wilfredo_cordova/mlaedixift5q/wish/213073643