HIV can be transmitted when an uninfected person comes in contact with blood, semen, vaginal secretions, or breast milk of an HIV infected person. The best ways to avoid becoming infected with HIV are to abstain from sex and to never share needles. If you choose to engage in sexual activity, you can reduce your risk of becoming infected with HIV by using condoms with each and every sexual encounter. There are several HIV test sites throughout this area.
Some sites offer anonymous tests and some offer confidential tests.
If you choose anonymous testing, you will not give your name or any information which could be used to identify you. If you choose confidential testing you will have to give your name and social security number. The names of HIV positive persons reported to the State remains confidential at all times. At all test sites you will have to return personally in 2 weeks to get your results. It is not a direct test for the virus, nor is it an AIDS test.