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Can a child with HIV infect another child through casual fighting or contacts sports?
It would be highly unlikely to be infected via casual fighting or contacts sports.
What four ways that pathogens can infect humans?
Pathogens can infect humans through inhalation of respiratory droplets, contact with contaminated surfaces and objects, ingestion of contaminated food or water, and through bites from infected animals.
What fluid is HIV not transmitted through?
HIV is ONLY transmitted through contact with infected blood, semen, vaginal fluid or breast milk. All other body fluids do not contain an adequate amount of HIV to infect another person.
How long after first infection with the H.I.V. virus a human being is able to infect someone else through sexual contact?
right away
Can you spread herpes most likely with piercings in the lip and nose area?
Only if you are going through an outbreak, this is when the sores are discharging and can infect others by contact.
Why can bacteria infect your cells but you cant infect the bacteria?
Part of the reason is the difference in size. Another is that we consume bacteria but not actually infect them. It is a matter of terminology.
What type of hazards have the potential to infect others?
Hazards that have the potential to infect others include pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi. These can be transmitted through contact with infected individuals, contaminated surfaces, or through the air. It's important to practice proper hygiene, sanitation, and infection control measures to prevent the spread of these hazards.
How do you get infected?
Microorganisms have several avenues in which they can infect larger organisms. They can enter the body through any of the body's natural openings, through wounds or injection and some can even cause infections through skin contact.
Why could a virus not infect another virus?
Viruses only infect living organisms and since they are not alive, they can not infect other viruses. The question is interesting though.
Which organism causes schistosomiasis?
Schistosomiasis is caused by parasitic worms called Schistosoma. These worms infect humans through contact with contaminated water sources where the parasites live.
Can women infect men through cunnilingus?
YES
Is transmission of HIV a chain reaction?
In that one person is infected by another, then infects a third person, who then goes on to infect another person, yes, HIV is a chain reaction. It is spread through human conctact and transmission of the virus through the blood and body fluids.
