Question

A student reads that the three methods of transmission of AIDS are through infected needles, through sexual contact, and from infected mother to baby.
He infers that AIDS is a

• A. Vector borne disease
• B. Blood transmitted disease
• C. AIDS is a bacterial disease
• D. Disease transmitted through physical contact

Answer 1

The correct option is B

Blood transmitted disease

AIDS is a blood transmitted disease. Its neither transmitted through insect vectors nor through sputum or cough. Physical contact cannot transmit AIDS. It can be transmitted via the exchange of a variety of body fluids from infected people, such as blood, breast milk, semen and vaginal secretions. HIV can also be transmitted from a mother to her child during pregnancy and delivery.