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Statistics Getting HIV Via Needle
AIDS-related complex - ARC; Chronic symptomatic HIV infection
Prevention
You can reduce your risk of getting the infection by practicing safer sex behaviors. However, abstinence is the only sure way to prevent sexual transmission of the virus.
Avoid using intravenous drugs. If you do use intravenous drugs, do not share needles or syringes.
People with AIDS or who have had positive antibody tests can pass the disease on to others and should not donate blood, plasma, body organs, or...
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