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    HIV affects the immune system and can be transmitted through contact with infected blood or bodily fluids, but not through casual contact like sneezing or sharing drinks. While there is no vaccine yet, HIV is preventable by not sharing needles or having unprotected sex with an infected partner. Over time, untreated HIV can develop into AIDS which makes the immune system too weak to fight off infections.

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    HIV affects the immune system and can be transmitted through contact with infected blood or bodily fluids, but not through casual contact like sneezing or sharing drinks. While there is no vaccine yet, HIV is preventable by not sharing needles or having unprotected sex with an infected partner. Over time, untreated HIV can develop into AIDS which makes the immune system too weak to fight off infections.

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    FACTS ABOUT HIV

    (TRUE OR FALSE)

    Name: Age:

    Directions: Write TRUE next to those statements that are true, and FALSE next
    to those statements that are false.

    1.You can get HIV by being in the same room with a person who is
    living with HIV.

    2. So far, there is no vaccine to prevent HIV.

    3. HIV can be transmitted by sneezing.

    4. HIV is a communicable (contagious) disease.

    5. You cannot get HIV from sharing a drink.

    6. HIV affects the body’s immune system.

    7. AIDS and HIV are two different things.

    8. If you come into contact with the blood of someone who is


    NOT living with HIV you can get HIV.

    9. Someone who uses the same needle as someone who is living


    with HIV to use drugs, cannot contract HIV.

    10. If someone with HIV is bleeding, they can transmit HIV to


    someone else.
    Facts about HIV
    Answer Key

    FACTS ABOUT HIV


    (TRUE OR FALSE)

    Directions: Write TRUE next to those statements that are true, and FALSE next to
    those statements that are false.
    1. You can get HIV by being in the same room with a person who is living with HIV.
    (FALSE: HIV is not transmissible through the air)
    2. So far, there is no vaccine to prevent HIV.
    (TRUE: Researchers are working on a vaccine and there will likely be one in
    the future.
    There is an injection a person can take every day that can make it harder to
    contract HIV but it is not a vaccine)
    3. HIV can be transmitted by sneezing.
    (FALSE: HIV is not transmissible through the air through sneezing or
    coughing)
    4. HIV is a communicable (contagious) disease. (TRUE: But it is not an easy
    infection to transmit)
    5. You cannot get HIV from sharing a drink. (TRUE: HIV is not found in saliva)
    6. HIV affects the body’s immune system.
    (TRUE: HIV attacks the immune system and makes it weaker, making it
    harder to fight infections)
    7. AIDS and HIV are two different things.
    (TRUE: AIDS describes when a person with HIV gets sick because their
    immune system can no longer fight off infections. It can take years, some
    times as much as 10 years for a person with HIV to develop AIDS).
    8. If you come into contact with the blood of someone who is NOT living with HIV you
    can get HIV.
    (FALSE: HIV can only be transmitted from a person who already is infected. If
    two people are not infected, then neither one can transmit it to the other.)
    9. Someone who uses the same needle as someone who is living with HIV to use
    drugs, cannot contract HIV.
    (FALSE: Sharing needles for drug use with someone living with HIV is one of
    the easiest ways to get HIV. Stopping injection drug use can lower the
    chances of getting HIV a lot as can using new, sterile needles instead of
    sharing needles. The only certain way to prevent HIV and other STDs is
    abstinence from sexual activity and drug use.)
    10. If someone with HIV is bleeding, they can transmit HIV to someone else.
    (TRUE: HIV infection is transmissible from infected blood. The other
    person would need to have a cut on their own skin, however, in order for the
    virus to get into their body.)

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