HIV is transmitted by all of the following routes except________________?
Correct answer: A. Saliva
- A. Saliva
- B. Needle prick injury
- C. Blood transmission
- D. Sexual intercourse
Explanation
HIV is transmitted through blood, sexual exposure, and contaminated needles, but ordinary saliva does not contain enough viable virus for transmission. Rare blood-contaminated oral exposure does not make saliva itself a usual route.
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