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Transmission of HIV/AIDS

Transmission of HIV/AIDS describes the routes by which the human immunodeficiency virus passes between people and establishes infection that, untreated, progresses to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. The virus is carried in blood, semen, vaginal and rectal fluids, and breast milk, and spreads chiefly through unpr…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 10 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 30× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2994-6743 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Transmission of HIV/AIDS describes the routes by which the human immunodeficiency virus passes between people and establishes infection that, untreated, progresses to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. The virus is carried in blood, semen, vaginal and rectal fluids, and breast milk, and spreads chiefly through unprotected sexual contact, sharing of contaminated injection equipment, transfusion of infected blood, and from mother to child during pregnancy, delivery or breastfeeding. Because transmission depends on behaviour and circulating viral load, prevention combines barrier methods, blood safety, harm reduction, antiretroviral therapy that renders people non-infectious, and counselling and testing to identify infection early. The research assembled here approaches transmission largely through its behavioural and social determinants: knowledge, attitudes and practices among occupationally mobile groups such as long-distance truck drivers and sex workers, awareness and willingness to undergo counselling and testing among students, consistent condom use among HIV-positive women, and the sociocultural barriers shaping care of HIV-affected orphans. Further work addresses contemporary management, including multi-drug antiretroviral regimens and vaccination uptake among people living with HIV. Together these studies frame transmission not only as a biological event but as a target for education, behaviour change and equitable access to prevention and treatment services.

Research published in this journal

10 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 10 articles above have been cited 30 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (ISSN 2994-6743).

Journal editorial board
Jennifer Cunningham-Erves · United States Bassem Refaat · Saudi Arabia Andrea Palicelli · Italy

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