https://padlet.com/10016716/suk10raxx2ov The background information of AIDS/HIV en-us 2017-03-17 19:10:48 UTC 2025-12-29 21:55:23 UTC hello@padlet.com 10016716 https://padlet.com/10016716/suk10raxx2ov/wish/160881739 What causes AIDS/HIV?
You can get HIV from contact with infected blood, semen, or vaginal fluids. Most people get the virus by having unprotected sex with someone who has HIV. Another common way of getting it is by sharing drug needles with someone who is infected with HIV.

How is it treated?
No cure exists for AIDS, but strict adherence to anti-retro-viral regimens (ARVs) can dramatically slow the disease's progress as well as prevent secondary infections and complications.

How is it prevented?
There's no vaccine to prevent HIV infection and no cure for AIDS. ... That means educating yourself about HIV and avoiding any behavior that allows HIV-infected fluids — blood, semen, vaginal secretions and breast milk — into your body. To help prevent the spread of HIV: Use a new condom every time you have sex.

Current trends for AIDS/HIV?
The rapid spread of HIV has occurred in spite of having its restricted routes of transmission. The HIV epidemic was restricted initially to high risk populations like sex workers, Men having sex with men, and Intravenous Drug Users owing to its routes of transmission. But later it also spread to the general population through the bridge populations like clients of sex workers and bisexual males leading to its increased prevalence in general population that reached as high as 24-27% in some of the countries. The HIV epidemic is declining in many countries with the number of new HIV infections decreasing from 3.2 million in 2001 to 2.5 million in 2011.

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