What are the main routes of HIV transmission?
These are the main ways in which someone can become infected with HIV:
• Unprotected penetrative sex with someone who is infected.
• Injection or transfusion of contaminated blood or blood products, donations of semen (artificial insemination), skin grafts or organ transplants taken from someone who is infected.
• From a mother who is infected to her baby; this can occur during pregnancy, at birth and through breastfeeding.
• Sharing unsterilised injection equipment that has previously been used by someone who is infected.
*Can I be infected if my partner doesn't have HIV?
No. Like all sexually transmitted infections, .... | |
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