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Question: What are the various routes by which transmission of human immunodeficiency virus takes place?

Answer:

AIDS (Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome) is caused by the Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

It has the following modes of transmission:

(a) Unprotected sexual contact with an infected person.

(b) Transfusion of blood from a healthy to an infected person.

(c) Sharing infected needles and syringes.

(d) From an infected mother to a child through the placenta.

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Naznin
2020-10-02 14:21:53

Sorry , but its (b) Transfusion of blood from an infected person to a healthy person. Thank you.

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