Red Ribbon Centre, Department of Health - Dialogue Script of Animation “Sexuality Animation Classroom

Super: What is AIDS?

Voice Over: The human immune system is generally able to resist the invasion of bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms.

Voice Over: HIV is a virus that attacks and destroys CD4 cells, the disease-fighting cells of the immune system

Voice Over: HIV attaches itself to a CD4 cell and fuses with it, it replicates inside the cell,

Voice Over: the new HIV copies are released to infect other CD4 cells

Voice Over: HIV weakens the body’s natural defences and over time severely damages the immune system

Voice Over: unusual infections and cancers develop and leading to death eventually

Super: Disease Progress After HIV Infection

Voice Over: HIV infection results in a disease spectrum,

Voice Over: with varying clinical presentations and rate of progression among infected individuals

Voice Over: When the infection progresses, there is a declining number of CD4 cells and an increasing number of HIV

Voice Over: A patient may have symptoms arising from opportunistic infections

Voice Over: Opportunistic infection refers to a pathogen that is harmless when the immunity is normal

Voice Over: Without treatment, HIV infection progresses to AIDS in years in adults

Voice Over: When the HIV disease worsens further, there could be opportunistic infections or cancer-causing death

Super: Routes of Transmission

Voice Over: How is HIV transmitted?

Voice Over: Sexual contact. HIV can be transmitted through sexual contact including vaginal, oral, and anal sex

Voice Over: Vaginal and anal sex are the major routes of HIV transmission in Hong Kong

Voice Over: Blood contact

Voice Over: Sharing injection tools for drug taking

Voice Over: Transfusion of contaminated blood or blood products

Voice Over: Mother-to-child

Voice Over: Infected mothers can transmit the virus to their babies during pregnancy, delivery, or breastfeeding

Super: Symptoms of HIV Infection

Voice Over: Most HIV infected persons have no specific or obvious symptoms during the early phase of infection

Voice Over: But the infected person can still pass the virus to others

Voice Over: Only an HIV test can tell whether a person has been infected by HIV

Super: Can HIV be spread through Casual Contact?

Voice Over: HIV is not transmitted by day-to-day activities

Voice Over: such as shaking hands, hugging, kissing, dining together, or sharing toilet seats

Voice Over: Besides, there is no evidence to show that mosquitoes can transmit HIV

Voice Over: HIV is not transmitted through saliva, sweat, tear, or urine

Dialogue Script of Animation “Sexuality Animation Classroom – AIDS”