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Acute HIV Infection Learning Center
- Unsafe Sex
- Intravenous Drug Ab...
- Blood Component Tra...
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exposure to contaminated body fluids
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Needles & syringes, contaminated
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Past history of STDs
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Needle Sharing
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Prostitution
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Unprotected Anal Sex
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High risk sexual behavior
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Past History of Viral Hepatitis
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Personal history of malaria
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Personal history of tuberculosis
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Safe sex means taking precautions during sex that can keep you from getting a sexually transmitted disease (STD), or from giving an STD to your partner. These diseases include genital herpes, genital warts, HIV, chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, hep...
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Drug abuse is the use of illegal drugs, or the misuse of prescription or over-the-counter drugs. See also: Drug abuse and dependence; Drug abuse first aid.
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The process of transferring whole blood or blood components from one person (donor) to another (recipient).
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Transfusion therapy refers to the process of administering whole blood or blood components to a patient through an intravenous (IV) needle or catheter placed in a patient's vein. Blood and blood products may be autologous (comprised of the patient...
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Transfusion is the process of transferring whole blood or blood components from a donor to a recipient.
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The process of transferring whole blood or blood components from one person (donor) to another (recipient).
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Viral and bacterial infections passed from one person to another through sexual contact. Adolescence is the period of transition from childhood to adulthood when profound changes occur. This period of tremendous change fulfills important developme...
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Prostitution is defined as "the act or practice of engaging in sexual activity for money or its equivalent" (Garner 1999, p. 1238). Except for parts of Nevada, it is a criminal act in the United States. Prostitutes are also referred to as commerci...
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