#LivingWithHIV Bicho and I #16: “It’s not contagious!”
Written by: Lucas Gutiérrez. Illustrated by: Jon Amarillo. The difference between contagious and transmissible diseases is that the latter require a specific route or medium (such as blood or genital fluids) to pass from one person to another. HIV loses its ability to replicate very quickly when it is outside the body, in contact with…
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Written by: Lucas Gutiérrez. Illustration by: Jon Amarillo.
The difference between contagious and transmissible diseases is that the latter require a specific route or medium (such as blood or genital fluids) to pass from one person to another. HIV loses its ability to replicate very quickly when it is outside the body, in contact with the air, dying if it is not in an aqueous environment with the temperature and alkalinity and salinity conditions it needs. So: no, it is not contagious, it is transmitted. Source: 'How to communicate about HIV and AIDS' Ministry of Health Argentina .
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