Complete the following activity: Explain in your own words how HIV gains access into the body.

Here's the explanation for how HIV gains access into the body:

HIV primarily gains access into the body through the exchange of specific bodily fluids: blood, semen, pre-seminal fluid, rectal fluids, vaginal fluids, and breast milk. For transmission to occur, these fluids must come into contact with a mucous membrane (such as in the rectum, vagina, penis, or mouth), damaged tissue, or be directly injected into the bloodstream (e.g., through sharing needles). The most common routes are unprotected sexual intercourse, sharing contaminated needles for drug injection, and from mother to child during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding.