What are the main modes of transmission of HIV?
• Unprotected penetrative (usually anal or vaginal) sex with a HIV infected person • Injection or transfusion of contaminated blood or blood products or receiving semen donation or an organ transplant from an HIV positive person. • From an HIV infected mother to her baby – transmitted during pregnancy or the labour/birth or through breastfeeding. • Sharing unsterilised injection equipment that has previously been used by someone who is HIV positive.
