This relaxed attitude toward prevention led to an upswing in AIDS cases in this younger age group over the past few years. The rate of young people diagnosed with AIDS increased from 3.9 percent in 1999 to 4.2 percent in 2004. The CDC reported 40,059 cumulative cases of AIDS in people aged 13 to 24 through 2004. Since the epidemic began, about 10,129 young adults and adolescents have died from the disease.
HIV is transmitted through the blood, semen and vaginal secretions of an infected person. Here are the important facts about how HIV is transmitted:
The virus is mainly spread by unprotected sex and sharing needles with an HIV-infected person.
Babies born to HIV-infected women may become infected before or during birth, or shortly after birth through breast-feeding if preventive measures aren't taken.
You cannot become infected with HIV through casual contact or insect bites or stings.
Only a few cases of HIV have been transmitted in household settings. They are believed to have occurred when infected blood or other body fluids came in contact with skin or mucous membranes.
Casual contact through closed-mouth or "social" kissing is not a risk factor for transmission of HIV. However, experts recommend against "French" or open-mouthed kissing with an infected person because of the increased possibility of contact with blood-contaminated secretions.
The presence of oral or genital sores from other sexually transmitted diseases (such as herpes or syphilis) increases the risk of sexual transmission of HIV.
The risk of acquiring HIV from an infected health care professional is extremely low.
Female-to-female transmission of HIV appears to be low. However, case reports of female-to-female transmission of HIV indicate that vaginal secretions and menstrual blood are potentially infectious and that mucous membrane (e.g., oral, vaginal) exposure to these secretions has the potential to lead to HIV infection.
HIV is transmitted through the blood, semen and vaginal secretions of an infected person. Here are the important facts about how HIV is transmitted:
The virus is mainly spread by unprotected sex and sharing needles with an HIV-infected person.
Babies born to HIV-infected women may become infected before or during birth, or shortly after birth through breast-feeding if preventive measures aren't taken.
You cannot become infected with HIV through casual contact or insect bites or stings.
Only a few cases of HIV have been transmitted in household settings. They are believed to have occurred when infected blood or other body fluids came in contact with skin or mucous membranes.
Casual contact through closed-mouth or "social" kissing is not a risk factor for transmission of HIV. However, experts recommend against "French" or open-mouthed kissing with an infected person because of the increased possibility of contact with blood-contaminated secretions.
The presence of oral or genital sores from other sexually transmitted diseases (such as herpes or syphilis) increases the risk of sexual transmission of HIV.
The risk of acquiring HIV from an infected health care professional is extremely low.
Female-to-female transmission of HIV appears to be low. However, case reports of female-to-female transmission of HIV indicate that vaginal secretions and menstrual blood are potentially infectious and that mucous membrane (e.g., oral, vaginal) exposure to these secretions has the potential to lead to HIV infection.
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