Spread of HIV

Question 1

How and Where

Answer 1

• Possibly introduced via butchering ‘bush meat’
  
  • HIV was traced back along African trucking routes and areas with mining activities (same sex male partners)
  • Spread from DRC to Haiti

Question 2

Who’s at risk?

Answer 2

• Blood donation from IV drug users
  
  • Hemophiliacs at risk (main treatment was pooled blood factor) by the time blood screening came in 80% of hemophiliacs were HIV positive

Question 3

How can the transmission take place?

Answer 3

→ HIV is an STD transmitted by bodily fluids:
○ Blood
○ Semen
○ Saliva (lesser degree)