Aquired Immmune Deficiency Syndrome -
late stage progression of HIV infection. Transmissable through bodily fluid exchange or blood to blood contact. Least concentration in bodily excretory products, low concentration in saliva (and one'
s own saliva
may provide some protection) in vaginal secretions (though still present) highest concentration in
semen. Crosses across
gender, age and socio-econimic boundaries, though usually more quickly progressing the lower down the ladder the sufferer is, due to lack of access to medical care. On the rise in the 15-24 demographic in the United States. Easily avoidable, but thankfully more and more (in the United States) becoming a "
chronic" disease like herpes due to the availability of more and better retro-viral therapies.