While teaching community groups about AIDS, the nurse informs people that the most common method of transmission of the HIV virus currently is
a. sexual contact with an HIV-infected partner.
b. perinatal transmission.
c. exposure to contaminated blood.
d. nonsexual exposure to saliva and tears.
A
Modes of transmission have remained constant throughout the course of the HIV pandemic. It is also important for health care providers to remember that transmission of HIV occurs through sexual practices, not sexual preferences. Worldwide, sexual intercourse is by far the most common mode of HIV transmission.
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