MCQ MAHE 2000 Microbiology Answer 07

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Blood Transfusion is the most efficient mode of transmission of infectious agents, such as HIV and hepatitis B and C. Transmission-transmitted infections are also the most easily preventable.

Transfusion of blood and blood products accounts for approximately 5-10% of the global HIV infection. In some countries of the South-East Asia Region, blood transfusion contributes substantially to HIV infection and AIDS. For example, nearly 7% of AIDS patients reported to the National AIDS Programme in India acquired infection following transfusion of infected blood and blood products.

Infectivity estimates for infected blood transfusions are much higher than for other modes of HIV-1 transmission due to the far larger viral dose per exposure than for other routes. However, the frequency of unsafe blood transfusions compared to sexual contacts is extremely small.

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