Virus sub-mircroscopic particle
HIV/AIDS
Not transmitted through hugging, kissing, sharing food, toilets, phone
Transmitted through in protected sex, sharing needles, childbirth, cuts or sores
Spread from bodily fluids semen, vaginal fluids, breast milk
Spread when bodily fluids are absorbed into the blood stream of an uninflected individual
Breaks down the immune system
Hepatitis
A
B
C
Vaccines available
Similar to flu
Yellowing of skin and eyes, effects liver
Spread through household contact or contaminated food
Bloodborne
Primarily transferred through sexual contact
Vaccine available
Long term/ cirrhosis liver cancer
Transferred through prenatal contact and sexual contact
No vaccine available
Progresses slowly, fatigue, stomach pain
Most common for service workers to come into contact, recommended vaccines
Can be deadly
HPV
Often invisible/ dormant and difficult to kill
Vaccine available
Genital warts, plantar warts, cervical changes, and cervical cancer
Marked by Inflammation of the liver