Which of the Following Statements Regarding HIV Is Accurate

question 14

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements regarding HIV is accurate?

• A)Infant immune systems are particularly robust and are better able to ward off HIV than are adult patients.
• B)Improved methods for screening treatment have reduced prenatal transmission of HIV to 20 percent in Europe and North America.
• C)HIV transmission to infants no longer poses a risk due to effective antiretroviral therapies during the prenatal period.
• D)HIV-infected mothers can transmit the disease to their infants during the pregnancy, while giving birth, or while breastfeeding.

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