According to the discussion of medical aspects of AIDS,
a. people usually develop symptoms shortly after being infected with HIV.
b. one of the most common early signs of AIDS is unexplained weight gain.
c. HIV invades the red blood cells, causing devastating anemia in people who are infected with this virus.
d. people who are HIV positive are very contagious during the initial stages of the infection, even if they have no symptoms.
Question 2Early symptoms of AIDS in women are most likely to include
a. sore muscles.
b. low body temperature.
c. constipation.
d. vaginal infections.
Question 3According to the discussion about AIDS prevention,
a. if a woman insists that her sexual partners must use condoms, she cannot get AIDS.
b. many people are actually HIV positive, but they don't yet know it.
c. condoms do not significantly reduce the spread of AIDS.
d. women can tellby looking at a manwhether he is HIV positive.
Question 4Which of the following women is least likely to get AIDS?
a. Franca, an intravenous drug user
b. Joan, who has unprotected sex with a bisexual man
c. Erica, a lesbian woman who is in a steady relationship with another woman
d. Maria, who has had unprotected sex with several heterosexual men
Question 5According to data related to HIV and AIDS,
a. in some countries, more women than men are HIV positive.
b. in the United States, approximately 45 of HIV-positive people are female.
c. men are more likely than women to become HIV positive as a result of heterosexual intercourse with an infected person.
d. the number of HIV-positive women in the United States has been systematically decreasing in the last decade.