Wednesday, July 12, 2017

KNOW ABOUT AIDS - 7.0



Check your Knowledge Quotient!

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1. For women in their reproductive years (ages 15–49), HIV/AIDS is the leading cause of death globally.

A. True
B. False

2. The earliest known case of infection with HIV-1 in a human was detected in a blood sample collected in 1959 from a man in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

A. True
B. False
           
3. HIV is an abbreviation for human immunodeficiency virus, which is the virus that causes AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome).

A. True
B. False

4. Approximately 3.34 million children are living with HIV. Most of the children live in sub-Saharan Africa and were infected by their HIV-positive mothers during pregnancy, childbirth, or breast feeding. With proper treatment, mother-to-child transmission of HIV is almost 100% avoidable.

A. True
B. False

5. Over 900 children become newly infected with HIV each day globally.

A. True
B. False

Best of luck!

Answers


1 – A, 2 – A, 3 – A, 4 – A, 5 – A

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