3. 1. Having sexual intercourse with an infected
person
2. Contaminated needles
3. Blood transfusion
4. Pregnant infected woman can pass it to her
child through the placenta
5. Child can also be infected through birth process
or nursing
5. AIDS is Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome—a
disease that attacks the body’s immune system,
mainly theT cells
It is caused by the HIV virus
6. The virus enters theT cell and multiplies
So manyT cells are destroyed that the B cells
cannot make antibodies
The immune system cannot fight the pathogens
that enter the body
7. Washing with soap and water
Cleaning the wound with antiseptic
Bandage
Dental floss