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.
An estimated 310,000 people are living with HIV in the Caribbean. The number of people living with HIV on treatment more than doubled since 2010 (from 69,000 in 2010 to 162,000 in 2016). However, the percent of people living with HIV who have suppressed viral loads in the region (34%) is below the global average (44%). Eastern Europe and Central Asia. An estimated 1.6 million people are living with HIV in this region, including 190,000 newly infected in 2016. New HIV infections in the region increased by 60% between 2010 and 2016.