AP BIOLOGY

THE HUMAN IMMUNE SYSTEM

AIDS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following is NOT a way that HIV can be transmitted.
A
Blood
B
Sex
C
Mother to Child
D
Sitting on a Toilet Seat
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Contact with common objects. HIV is not spread by touching common objects such as toilet seats or faucet handles.

Detailed explanation-2: -[CDC Guy] You cannot get HIV by being around someone with HIV. Or, from saliva, sweat, tears, clothes, drinking fountains, phones, or toilet seats. Or through everyday things, like sharing a meal, insect bites and stings, donating blood, or from a casual, closed-mouth kiss.

Detailed explanation-3: -Transmission. HIV can be transmitted via the exchange of a variety of body fluids from infected people, such as blood, breast milk, semen and vaginal secretions.

Detailed explanation-4: -HIV cannot pass through a person’s skin. This means that you will not become positive by touching bodily fluid that contains HIV, unless you have an open wound where you’re touching the fluid.

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