Warning - Airport Taxi's Lima. I am the manager of a backpackers hostel in Barranco, Lima. Once again I would like to stongly suggest everyone arriving in Lima to prebook your airport transfer with your accommodation! The 'official' airport taxi business is close to mafia.
For the majority of patients who have HIV, the dormancy period lasts about 10 years. About 10 percent to 20 percent of patients progress to having AIDS within 5 years. It is estimated that another 5 percent to 10 percent of patients will not reach the AIDS phase for more than 15 years.
Transmission. Hepatitis B is a hardy virus. Although HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, can only live for 24 hours in dried blood, the hepatitis B virus can survive for at least a week in dried blood at room temperature on floors and tables.