The face of HIV and facts

Simple contact between blood and intact skin is not enough to transmit HIV. Three conditions are necessary for transmission:

• The blood must be fresh.
• There must be a sufficient quantity.
• It must have a route of entry into the bloodstream of the uninfected person.

Biting often concerns parents, but there has never been a confirmed case of transmission by biting. To risk transmission, a child infected with HIV would have to have fresh blood in his mouth and break the skin of an uninfected child. An uninfected biter would have a theoretical risk of exposure only if he broke the skin of a child infected with HIV and drew blood into his mouth. Such events are very unlikely.

Full article:

http://www.cccf-fcsge.ca/docs/cccf/rs033_en.htm

Tags: Child

Drew B. 26HA

D7BJ-26

Date of Birth: July 2003

Drew is calm, sociable and affectionate. He is described as being friendly, obedient and kind. He loves to sing, dance and draw. HIV+. Delayed verbal development.