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Alternate Name(s): Acquired immune deficiency syndrome ... AIDS is the fifth leading cause of death among persons between ages 25 and 44 in the United States. About 47 million people worldwide have been infected with HIV since the start of the epidemic. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes AIDS. ...
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www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000594.htm#Cau...
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000594.htm#Causes,%20incidence,%20and%20risk%20factors
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First there was the news everybody wanted to hear: a New York physician writing in Cosmopolitan reassured women that there is practically no risk of contracting AIDS through ordinary vaginal or oral sex, even with an infected man. The vagin...
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,967036...
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Needle sticks: A study of over 2,000 health care workers has been underway for several years to assess the risk of their exposure to people with AIDS. Over 1,000 of these workers had a needle stick accident with a ... Sterilized needles are always used in taking blood from donors, so HIV is not spread in this manner.
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www.sfaf.org/aids101/transmission.html
www.sfaf.org/aids101/transmission.html
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Regardless of whether you are in an at-risk group or not, it is important to educate yourself about HIV/AIDS and protect yourself against infection. ;; For more information click here: ; The spread of HIV/AIDS is 100% preventable.
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www.contrasida-aids.org/aids_spread.htm
www.contrasida-aids.org/aids_spread.htm
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aids is spread by sexual contact with a boy and a girl. it can not be spread by saliva, kissing, or sharing food with a friend.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_is_aids_spread
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any little amount can transmit HIV/AIDS. pretty much intercourse, oral sex, and sharing infected needles is the only ways you can get it.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090221154...
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The Medscape Journal ... Allergy & Clinical Immunology ... HIV/AIDS...
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/12553318
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