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horizontal transmission

Transmission of HIV, or other infectious disease, from one person to another, except from parent to child (vertical transmission). Horizontal transmission of HIV can occur during sex or needle sharing as the result of contact with the semen, vaginal fluid, or blood of an HIV-infected partner.

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