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QUESTION: Can AIDS be spread by tears?
What if you ask someone with AIDS to get you a pizza and they have just been crying and haven't washed their hands,can you get AID Sthat way?
ANSWER: Hello CGLLR!
Good morning and welcome.
No, HIV does not transmit through tears. It is one of the few fluids through which HIV does not transmit as it contains very low level of viral load (number of virus) to infect people with.
Take care.
Best regards.
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QUESTION: Good morning to you too,well actually it's nighttime where I live.But how can AIDS be spread?
Hello CGLLR!
Welcome again ... it's nice to here from you.
Here are the information you sought:
Paths of Infection:
HIV can be transmitted through:
Unprotected vaginal, anal and oral sex.
Direct blood contact, which may occur through needle sharing, transfusions, accidents in health care settings, or certain blood products.
Mother to baby; before or during birth or through breast milk.
Infectious Fluids:
HIV can be transmitted from an infected person to another through:
Blood
Semen (including pre-seminal fluid)
Vaginal secretions
HIV can also be transmitted through breast milk-expressed through feeding, in limited circumstances where there is exposure to large quantities.
In addition, please not that saliva, urine and tears, sweat, feces, vomit are considered non-infectious fluids (mnaidsproject, 2009).
Good morning/good night (which is applicable ... it's night here). Take care of yourself.
Regards,
Gorkey
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Gorkey Gourab
Expertise
Social and behavioral issues related to HIV transmission, sexually transmitted infections, Human Rights issues, rights of marginalized populations, gender and sexuality, research design and analysis related social & behavioral issues, , computer assisted qualitative data analysis and data management (using ATLAS.ti, ANTHROPAC, NVivo 8)
Experience
Specialized in Medical Anthropology. Working on Social and behavioral studies related to HIV transmission as well as Human Rights issues. Specialization in gender, sexuality, masculinity, behavioral studies related to HIV transmission. Qualitative research, programmatic and M&E experience with MSM, hijra (TG), indigenous groups, female sex workers for more than 7 years.
Organizations
International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) as Manager - M&E (Qualitative) with Center for HIV and AIDS
Publications
International peer-reviewed journals & technical papers: (1) Khan, S. I., Hussain, M. I., Parveen, S., Bhuiyan, M. I., Gourab, G., & Bhuiya, A. (2009). Living on the extreme margin: Social exclusion of the hijra in Bangladesh. Journal of health, population and nutrition. (2) Khan, S. I., Hussain, M. I., Gourab, G., Parveen, S., Bhuiyan, M. I., & Sikder, J. (2008). Not to stigmatize but to humanize sexual lives of the transgender (hijra): condom chat in the AIDS era. Journal of LGBT Health Research (Special issue: issues on male sexual behaviors and HIV risk in South Asia). Working papers: (1) Khan, S. I., Gourab, G., Ahmed, T., Sarker, G. F., Chowdhury, F. K., Ghosh, S., et al. (2009). Understanding the operational dynamics and possible HIV interventions for residence-based female sex workers in two divisional cities in Bangladesh. Dhaka, Bangladesh: NASP, Save the Children USA and icddr,b. Presentations in scientific meetings and conferences: (1) Khan, S. I., Hussain, M. I., Gourab, G. & Azim, T. (2011, 16 March 2011). Use of a new approach to count and access diverse groups of hijra for scaling up HIV-preventions services in Bangladesh. Poster presented at the 13th Annual Scientific Conference (ASCON XIII), Dhaka. (2) Khan, S. I., Pasa, K., Gourab, G., & Islam, A. (2007). Indigenous populations of Bangladesh: Living with risks and vulnerabilities to STIs/HIV. 8th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP). Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Education/Credentials
MSS (Anthropology), University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Awards and Honors
The Vanderbilt-UAB Fogarty International Center AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP)Scholarship for the training on HIV-AIDS related qualitative data analysis and manuscript writing (Center for Global Health, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA)
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