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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