Can children get AIDS(艾滋病)?Yes, but it is not very likely(可能的). A child could the HIV virus(病毒)in two ways.
The first way is that a baby is born with the virus if the mother had the virus carrying the baby. The baby doesn't have AIDS now, the virus is in its system(系统).
The secondis that the child has a disease called Hemophilia(血友病). The patients alwaysto get blood transfusions(输血). Through a transfusion, the child could get good blood to be. Before the discovery(发现)of AIDS, the HIV virus could be in transfused bloodnobody knows it. If the child's weak system already gets close to the virus, it may into AIDS quickly. Now, doctors will blood before they use it for transfusions for the virus.
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