HIV
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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that infects the human immune system. It causes AIDS.
[edit] How people get HIV
People can get HIV through many ways, including:
- Through the use of infected needles, syringes and razor blades
- Unprotected sexual contact
- Babies can get it from their mothers when they are born
- Breast feeding
- Coming in to contact with infected blood
[edit] How common HIV is
██ 15–50%
██ 5–15%
██ 1–5%
██ 0.5–1.0%
██ 0.1–0.5%
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