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UNIT 4 Blood-Borne Illnesses

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Which symptoms were among the first to manifest in early HIV/AIDS patients?• hearing loss • balance problems • rare
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Which explains the declining rate of HIV infections in recent years?• better educational efforts • access to vaccines O
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At first, how did medical professionals respond to the illnesses they were seeing in homosexualThey searched for a deeper cause.
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Which has contributed to increased awareness of HIV/AIDs since the 1980s?O passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act •
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Which event in the HIV/AIDS timeline happened LAST?American doctors observed an atypical combination of symptoms in men. •
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Why is AIDS considered a syndrome?• It represents a cluster of individual illnesses and symptoms. It can be deadly if
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In which population did HIV/AIDS first appear?Homosexual men • Hispanic women • geriatric patient • healthcare workers
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Which fluid is NOT capable of transmitting HIV?O breast milk O genital secretions • semen O respiratory droplets
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Jason tested positive for HIV when he was a freshman student in college. During his college years, he experienced the social
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______ is the final stage of ______.• Illness, blood-borne pathogens O AIDS, HIV infection • Kaposi's sarcoma, cancer O
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In addition to increased air travel, which factor is thought to have contributed to the rapid spread of HIV/AIDS in the 1980s?de
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Which segment of the population was exposed to HIV through blood products?O homosexual men O hepatitis B patients O intravenous
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Which segment of the population was exposed to HIV through blood products?O homosexual men • hepatitis B patients •
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How long can it take before a patient infected with HIV shows any symptoms of the disease?O 2 months O 6 months • 2 years •
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