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HOW DO YOU GET IT
Spreads primarily by:
• Having unprotected sex with a person who has HIV
• Having multiple sex partners or the presence of other sexually
transmitted diseases (STDs) that can increase the risk of infection during
sex
• Sharing needles, syringes, rinse water, or other equipment used to
prepare illicit drugs for injection
• Being born to an infected mother (HIV can be passed from mother to

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS:

child during pregnancy, birth, or breastfeeding.)

Early symptomatic
infection Primary infection (flu-like illness) occurs 3-6 weeks
• Fever after
• Fatigue acquiring infection in almost 50% of newly infected
people:
• Swollen lymph nodes
• Fever • Mouth or genital ulcers
• Diarrhea
• Muscle soreness • Joint pain
• Weight loss
• Rash • Diarrhea
• Cough • Headache • Night sweats
• Shortness of breath • Sore throat
• Swollen lymph glands, mainly on the neck

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