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FL - 2 Hour HIV/AIDS & Communicable Diseases Certification Course

Your answer is correct. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), if not treated.

Your answer is correct. When individuals who are infected with HIV reject or fail to receive treatment, they will typically progress through the three stages of the disease.

Your answer is correct. When individuals have stage one, acute HIV infection, they have larger amounts of virus in their blood and are very contagious.

Your answer is correct. Treatment for HIV is antiretroviral therapy or ART. If taken properly ART can dramatically prolong the lives of many people infected with HIV, keep them healthy, and greatly lower their chances of infecting others.

Your answer is correct. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PREP) is when individuals with a very high risk for HIV take HIV medicine daily to lower their chance of getting infected. Post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is taking antiretroviral medicines (ART) after being potentially exposed to HIV to prevent becoming infected.

Your answer is correct. An estimated 1.1 million in the United States were living with HIV at the end of 2015, 15% of these people did not know they were infected.

Your answer is correct. People that are HIV positive are more likely to get other infections and diseases as well.

Your answer is correct. Having another sexually transmitted disease (STD) can increase the risk of getting or transmitting HIV to others.

Your answer is correct. Abstinence is the only 100% effective way to prevent HIV, other STDs and pregnancies.

Your answer is correct. There are two types of condoms, male and female.