Introduction to HIV/AIDS as a Communicable Disease Communicable diseases are defined as illnesses caused by viral or bacterial infections in individuals, which spread to other people through contacting surfaces that are contaminated, through body fluids, bites from insects, air, and blood products. The most prevalent forms of the spread of these diseases are through mediums including food, fecal-oral, sexual intercourse, skin contact, insect bites, contacting surfaces that are contaminated with fomites, and droplets. HIV is a prime example of a communicable disease. The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has infected tens of millions of people globally in the past three decades with devastating impact. When an individual with the virus reaches the full-blown stage and acquires AIDS, they become susceptible to