Question

Which of the following is a primary mode of HIV transmission?

Options

• Sharing food with an infected person

• Sexual contact with an infected person

• Casual handshaking

• Respiratory droplets during sneezing

Answer 1

HIV is transmitted through sexual contact with an infected person, as the virus spreads through body fluids. Other significant transmission routes include transfusion of contaminated blood products, sharing infected needles, and vertical transmission from mother to child through the placenta, during birth, or through breast milk.