(1) The causative agent of AIDS is present in the white blood cells; therefore, the virus is present in highest concentration in blood, semen and vaginal fluids.
(2) The virus is present in high concentration in white blood cells in semen and vaginal fluids, it is found in very low concentration in saliva, tears and other body fluids. Therefore, transmission via tears and saliva does not occur.
(3) The disease is not transmitted by casual contact or by air, mosquitoes, water, food or living together.
(4) The virus is easily inactivated by heat, household bleach, alcohol and glutaraldehyde etc.
(5) Health care professional who observe safety precautions as for hepatitis B infection are not at increased risk for HIV infection.
(6) Practicing good infection control is the key to protection yourself and others from contracting HIV infection and AIDS.
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AIDS RECOMMENDED READING
- AIDS and the new Orphans:Coping with the death by by Barbara O. Dane, Carol Levine
- AIDS by Alexandra Juhasz, Catherine Gund
- AIDS in the World by Daniel J. M. Tarantola, M.D., D. Tarantola, Jonathan M. Mann, Thomas W. Netter
- AIDS Update 2002:An Annual Overview of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome by Gerald James Stine
- AIDS,Sexuality and Gender in Africa:Collective strategies and struggles in Tanzania and Zambia by Carolyn L. , Janet M. Bujra
- And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic by Randy Shilts
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- Music At The Edge: The Music Therapy Experiences of a Musician with AIDS by Colin Lee
- Nutrition and HIV: A New Model for Treatment by Mary M.D. Romeyn
- The AIDS Crisis by Charles P. Cozic, Karin
- The AIDS Epidemic by Davidson C.
- The Amfar AIDS Handbook: The Complete Guide to Understanding HIV And AIDS by Darrell E. Ward
- The First Year--HIV: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed by Brett Grodeck
- The Guide to Living with HIV Infection: Developed at the Johns Hopkins AIDS Clinic (A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book) by John G. Bartlett
- The Invisible People: How the U.S. Has Slept Through the Global AIDS Pandemic, the Greatest Humanitarian Catastrophe of Our Time by Greg Behrman