Can a traveller become HIV-infected just by casual contact in a foreign country?
Ans. No. HIV is not transmitted through casual contact or daily routine activities, either at home or in a foreign country. For example, it is not spread by sitting next to someone who is infected, shaking hands, coughing, or sneezing. HIV is not spread by public transportation, public telephones, restaurants, food, cups, glasses, plates, drinking water, air, toilets, swimming pools or insects.
Ans. No. HIV is not transmitted through casual contact or daily routine activities, either at home or in a foreign country. For example, it is not spread by sitting next to someone who is infected, shaking hands, coughing, or sneezing. HIV is not spread by public transportation, public telephones, restaurants, food, cups, glasses, plates, drinking water, air, toilets, swimming pools or insects. Q. How can a traveller get infected with HIV? Ans. In the same way he or she may get infected back home. The virus spreads most frequently through sexual activity, from an infected person to his or her sexual partner. It also spreads through contaminated blood – in transfusions, on needles, or on any other skin-piercing instruments.
No. HIV is not transmitted through casual contact or daily routine activities, either at home or in a foreign country. For example, it is not spread by sitting next to someone who is infected, shaking hands, coughing, or sneezing. HIV is not spread by public transportation, public telephones, restaurants, food, cups, glasses, plates, drinking water, air, toilets, swimming pools or insects.
