1. HIV/AIDS What you do and don’t know By: Erin Scholdtfelt Sam Lesniak Carly Johnson

2. Overview Helps Assist Readers Boost Awareness Learn about transmission Find ways to protect themselves

3. HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) Attack’s immune system Increases susceptibility to disease Can lead to AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) Can be symptom free up to 2-3 years

4. Transmission HIV virus can be found in all bodily fluids Transmitted through exchange of bodily fluids Virus can only be transferred through exchange of specific fluids Blood, Semen, Vaginal Secretions, Breast Milk

5. Transmission Cont’d unprotected sexual behaviors anal, vaginal, oral sex sharing needles IV drug use, tattoos, piercings mother to child before, during, and after birth, breast feeding donor products job injury blood transfusion sharing sex toys

6. Symptoms Fever like symptoms May witness fever, rash, swollen lymph nodes, and fatigue for short term up to 2 weeks

7. Common Myths HIV may be transmitted through kissing A person with HIV/AIDS looks sick Only Homosexual Males get AIDS Both my partner and I have HIV so we do not need to use a condom HIV can be Cured A person may be infected with HIV from a mosquito bite