Infection with the HIV Virus Occurs Through

Question

Infection with the HIV virus occurs through
A) eating contaminated food.
B) airborne droplets from coughs and sneezes.
C) intimate contact with an infected person's body fluids.
D) casual contact with an infected individual.
E) sharing clothes with an infected individual.

Accepted Answer

Infection with the HIV virus occurs through intimate contact with an infected person's body fluids, such as blood, semen, vaginal fluids, and breast milk. It can be transmitted through unprotected sexual activity, sharing needles or syringes, or from mother to child during childbirth, breastfeeding, or pregnancy. Eating contaminated food, airborne droplets from coughs and sneezes, and sharing clothes with an infected individual are not known modes of HIV transmission. Casual contact with an infected individual also poses a very low risk of transmission.