Some little known facts 
- HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), is the virus which causes AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome).
- HIV is a virus which can only infect human beings.
- How can someone contract it? Blood transfusion, infected needles, unprotected sex, from mother to baby, organ donation from people with HIV, contaminated razor or medical instruments.
- You cannot catch HIV by simply sharing towels or shaking hands with someone who is infected.
- Can someone be totally cured from it? HIV is an incurable disease but there are antiretroviral drugs nowadays, which help people infected live healthier and longer life than they could have had twenty years ago.
- Click here for more details about the difference between HIV and AIDS.