When One Discusses the Number of People Who Are Currently

question 17

Multiple Choice

When one discusses the number of people who are currently HIV positive regardless of when they contracted the infection, one is referring to the ___________ of HIV.

• A) Cause-specific mortality
• B) Prevalence
• C) Incidence
• D) Fecundity.

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Definitions:

Dominant

Referring to an allele or a gene that expresses its phenotype even when heterozygous with a recessive allele.

Offspring

The biological children or descendants of organisms, resulting from reproduction.

Genotype

The genetic makeup of an organism or a group of organisms with reference to a single trait, set of traits, or an entire complex of traits.

Common

Occurring frequently or widely accepted or shared by most people.