Monday 5 June 2017

True about HIV | PGI Nov 2017 Preparations MCQ

NIME Next Batch PGI Quest in Delhi from 10 August to 20 August


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 mostcommonopportunistic infection


Ans. D. Male to female transmission >female to male; E. TB is the mostcommonopportunistic infection. 
• 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.