European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 18, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                To your health test your aids in while scientists and medical professionals seek ways to treat and Locontro acquired immune deficiency syndrome the disease continues i spread around the world the Best Way la avoid aids is to understand in. Here is a self test distributed to students attending a weekend seminar on aids conducted by the University of Maryland. The test was developed by University lecturers or. John hurdle and Michael Smith. Answer the following statements with either True or false 1. The aids virus can be transmitted by a sexual Contact b Forks knives spoons and drinking glasses a intravenous drug used kissing on the lips e. Blood transfusions. 2. If a person tests positive on the Standard aids virus blood lest Elisa then he she has aids. 3. More than 90 percent of aids patients Are homosexuals. 4. Gay men in the . Navy begun on the whole to change their behaviour to minimize exposure to the aids virus 5. It is possible for an infected Molher to pass the aids virus loan infant before the child is born 6. If the aids virus gets into your body then you Wilt test pos Livo on blood tests within 10 to 14 Days. 7. The disease aids affects a higher percentage of Blacks and it panics than whiles in Iho United Stales. 6, night sweats and swollen glands Are two of several symptoms that the aids virus can cause. 9. Practising Sals sex can decrease the risk of contracting aids even for heterosexuals. 10. The aids virus can cause aids even alter several years of laying quiet in the body. 11. The costs of eating Lof an aids patient Are relatively Low and Are frequently covered by most health insurance plans 12. There is a vaccine against the aids virus but it is very expensive. 13. The disease of aids has been around Lor several decades bul we Are Only now beginning to i Cognize i Tor what h is 14. The aids virus is highly infectious 1 s. The ads virus itself does not kill but in can set up the body for serious infections that can be fatal 16. The ads virus can be transmit led by someone who is Inlet led but does not show symptoms 17. A higher percentage of people in the military lest positive to aids than in civilian life in. Aids is not always fatal. Page in the stars and stripes the answers 1a _ True. The aids virus is found in blood semen and vaginal fluid. So far most of the victims have been homosexual or bisexual men. And they continue 10 be Al highest risk. But lha virus can be spread through Ordinary heterosexual Intercourse from men to women and apparently loss frequently from women to men. Although this has clearly happened in aids cases it is not certain How often in occurs. . Federal experts say there is no Good evidence yet of a major spread of the virus among american heterosexuals. However. Many expect heterosexual transmission of the virus to become increasingly important Over time. 1 Felmae. The virus cannot be spread by eating utensils doorknobs toilet seats swimming pools or any other non sexual everyday Contact. 1c try intravenous drug abusers Are one of the groups at highest risk for contracting the virus. Drug addicts can Gol it by sharing Needles that Are Contarina Ledwith the virus. Id Flatt. The Okus cannot be spread by dry kissing shaking hands of hugging More intimate kissing carries some asks in there Are swes or cuts on the Mouth but is still not a Kokely Way of becoming infected with the virus even though the aids virus has been found in tears and saliva there is no evidence thai anyone has Ever gotten Iho infection from Contact Wilh these fluids 1 thu. It is possible to become infected with the tuesday. August 1b, 1987