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What are the various routes by which transmission of human immunodeficiency virus takes place?
Solution
The various routes by which transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) takes place are:
- Unprotected sexual contact with an infected person.
- Transfusion of blood from a healthy to an infected person.
- Sharing infected needles and syringes.
- From an infected mother to a child through the placenta.
- Use of contaminated razors.
- Organ transplantation
- Artificial insemination
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