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UPSC Prelims 2010Question 105Science & Technology

With regard to the transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, which one of the following statements is not correct ?

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  1. (a)The chances of transmission from female to male are twice as likely as from male to female
  2. (b)The chances of transmission are mare if a person suffers from other sexually transmitted infections
  3. (c)An infected mother can transmit the .infection to her baby during pregnancy, at childbirth and by breast feeding
  4. (d)The risk of contracting infection from transfusion of infected blood is much higher than an exposure to contaminated needle

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