Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. HIV can live on toilet seats and eating utensils.
2. For a male to infect a female with HIV during vaginal intercourse, ejaculation must occur.
3. Most cases of HIV infection continue to occur in impoverished and nonwhite racial populations.
4. HIV infection attacks the immune system, making an individual susceptible to infections.
5. New drugs, such as reverse transcriptase inhibitors, protease inhibitors and entry inhibitors, are able to cure AIDS.


1. False
2. False
3. True
4. True
5. False

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