The most common way AIDS is transmitted is through

A) unsanitary foods and eating utensils.
B) unprotected sex with an infected person.
C) a prenatal infection from your mother.
D) receiving a transfusion of blood from a person with AIDS.

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Makiya Claiborne · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : B, Explanation :  The most common way AIDS is transmitted is through unprotected sexual contact with an infected person. Other modes of transmission include sharing of needles or syringes with an infected person, from an infected mother to her baby during pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding, and receiving a blood transfusion from an infected person (though this is very rare in developed countries due to screening processes). Transmission through food and eating utensils is extremely rare.

The most common way AIDS is transmitted is through

A) unsanitary foods and eating utensils.
B) unprotected sex with an infected person.
C) a prenatal infection from your mother.
D) receiving a transfusion of blood from a person with AIDS.

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The most common way AIDS is transmitted is throughA) unsanitary foods and eating utensils.B) unprotected sex with an infected person.C) a prenatal infection from your mother.D) receiving a transfusion of blood from a person with AIDS.

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The most common way AIDS is transmitted is through

A) unsanitary foods and eating utensils.
B) unprotected sex with an infected person.
C) a prenatal infection from your mother.
D) receiving a transfusion of blood from a person with AIDS.