The nurse clarifies that the least likely method for children to contract AIDS is
a. during intrauterine life with an HIV-positive mother.
b. during the birth process of an HIV-positive mother.
c. from other children who have AIDS.
d. from receiving transfusions contaminated with the HIV virus.
C
In the United States, transfusion of infected blood and blood products and transplantation of infected tissues account for 1% of the total adult and adolescent AIDS cases and 2% of the total pediatric AIDS cases. HIV infection can be transmitted from a mother to her infant during pregnancy, at the time of delivery, or after birth, through breastfeeding. In the United States, it is estimated that approximately 30% of infected mothers will transmit HIV to their infants, with approximately 50% to 70% of the transmissions occurring late in utero or intrapartum. In the United States, among children who are less than 13 years old and have AIDS, 93% were infected at birth.
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