A person of any age, sex, race, ethnic group, religion, economic background, or sexual orientation can get HIV.

Those who are most at risk are:

• people who have “unprotected sex” with someone who has HIV. Unprotected sex means vaginal, anal, or oral sex without using a condom.

• people who share needles, syringes, or other equipment to inject drugs, steroids, or even vitamins or medicine with someone who has HIV.

• Babies can potentially become infected during their mothers’ pregnancy, during delivery, or after birth in the immediate post-partum period. They can also become infected through breastfeeding.

A person of any age, sex, race, ethnic group, religion, economic background, or sexual orientation can get HIV.

• Health care and maintenance workers who may be exposed to blood and/or body luids at work sometimes get infected through on-the-job exposures like needle-stick injuries