Question

Individuals who administer drugs intravenously using shared needles and syringes are at an exceptionally high risk of acquiring which pair of infectious diseases?

Options

• Typhoid and Tetanus

• AIDS and Hepatitis B

• Tuberculosis and Hepatitis A

• Syphilis and Malaria

Answer 1

Intravenous drug users who share needles and syringes directly transmit blood-borne pathogens into the bloodstream, placing them at the highest risk of contracting AIDS (caused by HIV) and Hepatitis B.