With regard to transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus which one of the following statement...........

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With regard to transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, which one of the following statements is not correct?

The chances of transmission from female to male are twice as likely as from male to female

The chances of transmission are more if a person suffers from other sexually transmitted infections

An infected mother can transmit the infection to her baby during pregnancy, at child birth and by breast feeding.

The risk of contracting infection from transfusion of infected blood is much higher than an exposure to contaminated needle.

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Explanation:

human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a lentivirus (a subgroup of retrovirus) that causes HIV infection and over time acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). AIDS is a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive. Without treatment, average survival time after infection with HIV is estimated to be 9 to 11 years, depending on the HIV subtype. Infection with HIV occurs by the transfer of blood, semen, vaginal fluid, pre-ejaculate, or breast milk. Within these bodily fluids, HIV is present as both free virus particles and virus within infected immune cells.