Tapeworms of the Taenia and Echinococcus species can also be contracted by humans via accidental ingestion of cat feces containing infectious tapeworm eggs. The only form of Echinococcus transmissable by cats is that causing alveolar echinococcus.
Anyone can contract HIV, and while IDUs are at great risk because of practices related to their drug use, anyone who engages in unsafe sex (e.g., unprotected sex with an infected partner) could be exposed to HIV infection.frican-Americans account for a higher proportion of HIV infections than any other population at all stages of the disease from initial infection to death (see text box). Moreover, specific minority subgroups are at particular risk.
Within the countries of the Caribbean, there are variations in the number of people infected with HIV. The countries with the highest number of people suffering from HIV/AIDS include Tobago, Trinidad, Haiti, Guyana, Bahamas, and Belize. In these countries, over 2% of the population is infected with HIV.imilar to Barbados, the rate of the adult population with HIV/AIDS is 1.5 percent in Jamaica. Jamaica is different than Barbados because young women and young female children (14 years old) are dying from AIDS (due to HIV).