Wednesday, July 12, 2017

KNOW ABOUT AIDS - 10.0



Check your Knowledge Quotient!

Q&A Source: HURINGA

1. While those getting a tattoo, piercing, or scarifications are hypothetically at risk of getting HIV/AIDS, no confirmed cases have been recorded.

A. True
B. False

2. Globally, the most common mode of HIV transmission is sexual intercourse, followed by mother-to-child infection, sharing drug-injecting equipment, and contaminated blood or instruments in health care settings.

A. True
B. False

3. South Africa has more people with HIV than any other country in the world, at 5.9 million. South and Southeast Asia is the second most affected area. This region has around 4 million cases, or 12% of the population. Nearly 2.4 million of these cases are in India.

A. True
B. False

4. Researchers believe that HIV originated in the Democratic Republic of Congo around 1920, when HIV crossed species from chimpanzees to humans.

A. True
B. False

5.  HIV emerged from Africa and spread across the globe in less than 10 years.

A. True
B. False

Best of luck!

Answers


1 – A, 2 – A, 3 – A, 4 – A, 5 – A