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It is said that AIDS can be spread through blood transfer , but doctors check our blood before transferring ,then how does it spread

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The AIDS can spread through blood transfusions only when the transfusions are done by any unspecialised doctors without screening the blood of donor.

Thus, inorder to prevent the AIDS by transfusion of blood, the screening of blood for the presence of HIV is done before transfusion.

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