HIV is a human immunodeficiency virus.

This causes a disease, or we should say a collection of diseases called AIDS.

AIDS is a viral disease which could spread through any activity that includes blood transfusion or direct sexual contact.

AIDS is an STD how it spreads could include,

• Unprotected copulation

• Sharing of infectious needles

• Transfusion of blood between a normal and infected person

• It can also be transmitted from an infected mother to the the fetus.