People contract HIV when certain vulnerable cells are exposed to other people's HIV-infected body fluids. This section describes how HIV is transmitted through sex and drug use; from parent to child; through transfusions, transplants, and artificial insemination; and in healthcare settings.
Learning Objectives
- Review the processes and conditions for transmission of HIV infection
- Understand the falsehoods behind popular myths and misconceptions about HIV transmission
- Understand the sexual transmission of HIV
- Understand drug-associated transmission of HIV
- Understand vertical (parent-to-child) transmission of HIV
- Understand HIV transmission through transfusion, transplantation, and artificial insemination
- Understand HIV transmission in healthcare settings
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