Get tested frequently for HIV and STDs

• Those who don’t know they’re HIV infected are 3.5 times more likely to pass on the virus than those who do know they’re infected.
• National Testing Resources

Talk to your partner before you have sex

• Ask his HIV status
• Tell him yours
• Tips on how to start the conversation.

Protect yourself and your partner

• Learn the facts about how you can get HIV and STDs
• Use a latex condom every time you have sex
• Some men use female condoms instead of male condoms for anal sex.

What to do if you’ve just been exposed to HIV?

• There may be a treatment that can lower the chances you’ll get HIV.

If you develop flu-like symptoms 3 to 6 weeks after being exposed to HIV, avoid sex and get medical attention.

• Early in infection, HIV is reproducing rapidly and it’s easier to pass the virus to others.