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Is a sperm carrier of HIV virus?

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Can hiv be spread through sperm?

No. Sperm has nothing to do with AIDS. AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is caused by the virus known as HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus.) HIV is transmitted by contact with infected body fluid (blood, semen, vaginal fluid or breast milk.)


What is the difference between AIDS and HIV?

The difference between HIV and AIDS is that HIV is the virus that causes the disease AIDS. You can be a carrier of the HIV virus and not contract the disease but you can infect others.


Can a person have HIV and not be affected by it in other words only as a carrier?

No; if you have the infection, you are affected by the HIV virus.


Can HIV virus transfer through saliva?

Any body fluids can transmit HIV from the carrier to someone else.no


What does hepatitis c carrier mean?

Being a Hepatitis C carrier means that at some point, the person was infected with the virus and it stays in their body for life.


How does a HIV carrier obtain the virus?

They contain it by not using protection in a untested people sex. If your all tested and both not with the virus then you do not have to use a condom.


What medicines are used to cure aids?

It is important to know that there is no cure for AIDS (or the HIV virus). But the is treatment for the virus that can help prolong the life of a carrier


Can sperm banks be used to help HIV positive people have children without infecting each other?

No. HIV is transmitted through the exchange of bodily fluids. Semen, in which sperm is contained, is a bodily fluid, and has the virus within it.


If you have AIDS and sleep with someone will they get the HIV virus or full blown aids?

That is correct; there is a possibility you will not get HIV if you sleep with someone infected with the virus. There is a greater possibility of a woman contracting the virus if engaged in unprotected sex as the sperm is ejaculated into the vagina; and sperm has HIV in it. You may want to be tested in 3 & 6 months for HIV and don't engage in unprotected sex or refrain until you know for sure.


How does a modified canarypox virus in a potential AIDS vaccine differ from an HIV virus?

The canarypox vectors have more genes/epitopes that have HIV 'parts'. These are what cause the body to produce antibodies against HIV. So it acts as a type of carrier molecule. This molecule hasn't proven to work yet.


Does bacteria or virus cause HIV?

HIV is a virus.


Is HIV a virus or bacteria?

HIV is a virus,as its full form is human immuno virus.