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Pierre Isidore
Epidemics and HIV
Maggy Tomkins
12/16/2019
Assignment 4
Your 20 year old cousin hears that you have taken this course and asks you about HIV and
how it could affect her. Explain to her, using appropriate terminology (for a 20 year old
relative):
i) exactly how HIV can be transmitted,
ii) how she could be at risk, and
iii) what measures she could take to protect herself
Hey, I’ve been taking an HIV course and school and I think you should know
exactly how the virus is spread so you can prevent yourself from getting it. First, HIV is a
virus that can be spread by contact with body fluids such as semen and blood. HIV or
human immunodeficiency virus is a virus that spreads around your immune system and if
