20 Things Everyone Should Know About HIV

3. Onset of AIDS takes many years

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The onset of AIDS can take more than a decade from the time you are infected with the virus. If you have been infected with the virus, you can feel and look healthy for many years, although you can transmit the virus to other people during this time.

4. HIV is commonly transmitted through infected body fluids

HIV is mainly passed from one person to another through the exchange of HIV-infected body fluids. Transfer of the virus is possible during all the stages of the disease.

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