Which of the following statements regarding HIV transmission is FALSE?

Correct option is A

The false statement is A. HIV cannot be transmitted through mosquito bites. Mosquitoes do not transmit HIV because the virus cannot reproduce inside the mosquito, and the mosquito does not inject blood from one person to another in a way that would allow HIV to be passed on. HIV transmission occurs through the exchange of bodily fluids, such as blood, semen, vaginal fluids, and breast milk, not through insect bites.

Information Booster

• HIV transmission occurs through the exchange of infected bodily fluids, which include blood, semen, vaginal fluids, and breast milk.
• Unsafe sexual contact with an infected person, sharing needles, transfusions of HIV-infected blood, and from an infected mother to her child during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding are the primary routes of HIV transmission.
• Mosquitoes do not transmit HIV because the virus cannot survive or replicate in a mosquito's body, and the mechanism of transmission through bites does not apply to HIV.