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A Practical Approach to HIV/AIDS: Part 1

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7 The disease spreads primarily through unprotected sexual contact, sharing of contaminated needles, blood transfusions, and from mother to child during childbirth or breastfeeding. The virus spreads through unprotected sex, blood transfusions, injection drug use, and from mother to child. Rev Med Virol.

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ED care of refugee populations from sub-Saharan Africa

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A whole blood transfusion is initiated for the management of her anemia. These patients suffer from untreated physical injuries, including gunshot wounds, shrapnel, accidents, envenomations, sequelae of physical or sexual assault, and heat exhaustion/heat stroke. 2021-0784 Long B, MacDonald A, Liang SY, et al.