As a result, although Indigenous youth experience greater actual risk of contracting HIV, awareness and perception of that risk are generally low [ 51, 56, 91, 92].
The reality is not all women infected with HIV will have similar experiences of contracting, living with, or treating the disease.
Such experiences of contracting reinforce many findings in the literature.
Woods also experienced weakness as a result of contracting valley fever, a disease caused by a soil fungus.
Urbanization may affect the disease-community structure relationships as the primary mosquito vectors, Culex spp., are often urban associated [21], [29], [30] and humans at higher density in urban areas may experience a higher per capita probability of contracting infectious diseases.
They themselves might have been injured during the event or have suffered a life-threating experience, might be at higher risk of contracting a number of diseases, be more disabled than before the disaster, and their economic capacity might shrink with rising unemployment rates and the rise of prices that often occur after some disasters.
And despite their experiences, statistics show that the risk of contracting H.I.V. from a needle stick is very low.
By including perspectives on SRH service provision and BPHS contracting across health-system components and levels, this study contributes to broader debates on the effects of contracting on perceptions and experiences among practitioners and service-users in conflict-affected countries.
These experiences have left the entire population traumatized and at a heightened risk of contracting HIV/AIDS.
