TRANSMISSION
| A person can get infected with HIV through the following routes: |
| Unprotected sex: |
| If a person engages in sexual intercourse with an infected person without using a condom, s/he can get infected. The sexual act can be both vaginal and anal. |
| Sharing of needles: |
| If a person shares the needle or syringe used by/on an infected person, either for injecting drugs or drawing blood or for any other purpose involving piercing, s/he can get infected. Instruments used for piercing and tattooing also carry a small risk of infection. |
| Unsafe blood: |
| A person can get the infection, if he/she is given transfusion of infected blood. |
| Improperly sterilised hospital tools: |
| If surgical devices like syringes and scalpels, or even certain instruments, used on an infected person, are used on another person without proper sterilization, they can transmit the infection. |
| Parent to Child: |
| An HIV positive mother can transmit the virus to child during pregnancy or birth. Breast milk can also act as a transmission-medium. Theoretically oral sex without condom (on men) or barriers like dental dam, vaginal dams or plastic wrap (on women) can also transmit the infection |
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