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A I D $ A I D S <br /> <br /> cuts to the blood or other body fluids of the infected child, <br /> a highly unlikely occurrence. Even then routine safety pro. <br /> cedures for handling blood or other body fluids (which <br /> should be standard for all child~'en in the school or day <br /> care setting) would be effective in preventing transmission <br /> from children with AIDS to other children in school. <br /> Children with AIDS are highly susceptible to infections, <br />such as chicken pox, from other children. Each child with <br />AIDS should be examined by a doctor befure attending <br />school or before retuming to school, day care or lbster care <br />settings after an illness. No blanket rules can be made for <br />all school boards to cover all possible cases of children with <br />AIDS and each case should be considered separately and <br />individualized to the child and the setting, as would be <br />done with any child with a special problem, such as cere- <br />bral pals,/or asthma. A good team to make such decisions <br />with the school board would be the child's parents, physi. <br />cian and a public health o~cial. <br /> Casual social contact between children and persons <br />infected with the AIDS virus is not dangerous. <br /> <br />There are no known cases of AIDS transmission by insects, <br />such as mosquitoes. <br /> <br />Dogs, cats and domestic animals are not a source of infec- <br />tier ~-. :m AIDS virus. <br /> <br />Tears and Sa//va <br /> <br />Although theA1DS virus has been found in. tears and saliva, <br />no instance of transmission from these body fluids has <br />been reported. <br /> <br />AIDS come, from sexual contacts with infected pe~ons <br />: ~:d j?om the sharing of syringe~ and need~ There is <br />no danger of infection with AIDS viru~ by casual social <br />contacL <br /> <br />Testing of Milttary Pemonnel <br /> <br />You may wonder why the Department of Defense is cur- <br />rently testing its uniformed services personnel for presence <br />of the AIDS virus antibody. The military feel this procedure <br />is necessary' because the uniformed services act as their <br />own blood bank in a time of national emergenc~. They' also <br />need to protect new recruits (who unknowLqgly maybe <br />AIDS virus carrie.,'s) from receiving live virus vaccines. <br />These vaccines could activate disease and be potentially <br />life-threatening to the recruits. <br /> <br />24 <br /> <br /> <br />