UCU 105 HIV/AIDS, Drug & Substance Abuse Notes

Institution KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
Course COMMON UNIT
Year 1st Year
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People can become infected with HIV from other people who already have it, and when they are infected they can then go on to infect other people. Basically, this is how HIV is spread.
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