HIV is found in body fluids such as blood, semen, vaginal fluids and breastmilk. It is passed from one person to another - or transmitted - only in very specific ways. These are :sexual intercourse between a man and a woman or between two men, infected blood - for example through contaminated blood transfusions or unsterilised needles and syringes and from an infected mother to her baby while it is still in the womb or during childbirth or during breastfeeding...
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