Transmission Aids

Transmission AIDS
The AIDS virus is transmitted from one person to another through several methods:
* Blood or blood products
* Mother to infant  
* Sexual contact
*Sharing of needles or syringes
Blood
* Accidents in health care (i.e., needle stick or other medical instruments) 
* Ear piercing
* Needle sharing with an infected person for any reason(IV drug needles [only minute amounts of blood are needed]
* Receiving a blood transfusion with infected blood (blood donations in the U.S. have been screened for HIV since 1985)
* Steroidneedles
Blood or blood products
Prior to 1985 HIV was frequently transmitted by blood transfusions because there was no effective way to test blood for the AIDS virus. 
Sexual Contact       
Thevirus can be spread in: 
* Artificial insemination with semen from an infected person
* Body fluids including sperm    
* Oral sex
The infection can be spread from unprotected sex (sex without condoms) with an infected partner, including:
* anal intercourse
* oral intercourse
* vaginal intercourse
and is spread from:
* men to men
* men to women
*women to men
* women to women  
The virus can enter the body during sex through the:
* lining of the vagina
* mouth
* penis
* rectum
* vulva
You are also at risk ifyou have another sexually transmitted disease such as:
* Bacterial Vaginosis
* Chlamydia
* Gonorrhea
* Herpes
* Syphilis

as you are more susceptible to acquiring HIVinfection during sex with an infected partner
HIV has been detected in the saliva of infected individuals, however, no evidence exists that the virus is spread by contact with saliva. Tests show saliva hasnatural compounds that inhibit the infectiousness of HIV. No evidence has been found that the virus is spread to others through saliva such as by kissing. No one knows, however, the risk of...