NATS 1670 Study Guide - Final Guide: Homicide, Safe Sex, Amniotic Fluid
23 Jan 2015
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65% of the new infections are coming from people who did not know they were infected by hiv: between 1985-2006, there are fewer cases and deaths from aids. But, we have more carriers of hiv now: aids is a popular disease within young adults: most are men (approximately. 80%) but there is a peak at the same time for both men and women (around 25-30 years of age) In the united states, men who have sex with men (msm) accounted for approximately two thirds of all hiv infections among men, even though about. 7% of men in the us identify themselves as msm. Hiv in body fluids: average number of hiv particles in 1ml of these body fluids. Hiv transmission: hiv can be transmitted by: Blood to blood transmission (through drug needles highest chance) Mother to child: hiv is not transmitted by: Aids diagnoses among adolescents 13-19 years of age 1985-2008: the number of cases are increasing over time.
