True about HIV:
A. Not transmitted through semen
B. More chances of transmission during LSCS than normal labour
C. More infectious than hepatitis B
D. Male to female transmission > female to male
E. TB is the most common opportunistic infection
A. Not transmitted through semen
B. More chances of transmission during LSCS than normal labour
C. More infectious than hepatitis B
D. Male to female transmission > female to male
E. TB is the most common opportunistic infection
Ans. D. Male to female transmission >female
to male; E. TB is the most common opportunistic infection. :
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Modes of transmission of HIV— Sexual transmission
— By blood and blood products
— Occupational transmission of HIV
— Vertical transmission
— Transmission by other body fluids
• HIV transmission
approximately eight times more efficient from male to female while less from
female to male.
• Caesarean section lowers the risk of transmission of HIV
* Hepalitis Bis more infectious than HIV.
