Is AIDs a sexually transmitted disease?

Is AIDs a sexually transmitted disease?Okay, i hope you guys don't think its a stupid obvious question, but for me it's not. It's tricky because i know and have learned for a fact that you can't get AIDS from someone. What you get is HIV..But without treatment it will progress to be AIDS. So is AIDS then an STD? So far i don't think so, but if it is, i need a convincing argument that it is..and "well it is because HIV turns to AIDS when not treated" is not a good enough argument..lol..i need a better one.
Thanks

Near_DeathNote_N
yes aids is transmitted through sexual intercourse transferring the HIV disease

Luke
No, AIDS is not officially considered a sexually transmitted disease. You were correct in saying that HIV is a sexually transmitted disease, and, left untreated, HIV turns into AIDS. You cannot directly catch AIDS from someone.

Xanth Rose
Well I guess HIV is the virus and AIDS is the condition? So, technically they can both be called STD's as they can both either transmited or developed through sex. Having said that its possible to get HIV/AIDS through blood exchange and so on so its really just a virus - and AIDS being the result of HIV infection.

Tyrannosaurus Rex
I think that the new term is actually STI, "sexually transmitted infection." Then you could say that HIV is the STI, and that HIV often leads to AIDS, which is not in itself an STI but a progression of one.

mliaisthebest
yes

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