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YES, this is one of the ways in which HIV is spread. This is why if you suspect you may be infected you should be tested during pregnancy, as treament can reduce the rate of transmission by 80%.
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Who mostly gets AIDS children or adults?
In general, AIDS is a disease of adults. This is because HIV is spread primarily through sexual intercourse, and most children are not involved in sexual intercourse. However, there is a subset of the child population that become infected with HIV during birth that do go on to develop pediatric AIDS.
What contributed to homelessness during the 1980s?
spread of AIDS
Are students with AIDS allowed to attend public school?
Ofcourse. children with aids can go to school. AIDS doesnot spread by touching or talking
What is the recent experience of children contracting AIDS?
Since AIDS can be transmitted from an infected mother to the child during pregnancy, during the birth process, or through breast milk, all infants born to HIV-positive mothers are a high-risk group. As of 2000, it was estimated that 87%.
When did aids become widely spread?
Aids are dangerous :)
How are AIDS and economics related in Africa today?
lack of health care and birth control which leads the aids disease to spread rapidly leaving economies in dept of health care and medication
How would the world differ if only children had AIDS?
The world would not differ. Those children would grow up too have and spread AIDS to others and the world would be the same. More children would die young, unlike they do today, though.
Does a pregnant woman with AIDS have to get a c section?
it is probably advised. if the child is born to a mother with AIDS, that child will most likely have AIDS due to the contact of the baby and the mother during their birth.
Can aids spread from kiss?
no
In what ways can aids be spread?
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AIDS is NOT spread through?
hair
Is AIDS caused by microbes?
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is caused by a virus known asHuman Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). HIV is contagious and can be transmitted from person to person. HIV can be transmitted during sexual contact, sharing contaminated needles, from mother to child through breast milk or during birth. HIV has also been spread as the result of contaminated blood products.
