What Do You Know About HIV?

HIV, also known as the AIDS disease (one causes the other), has killed dozens of millions of people over the last few decades. However, with recent medical advances, this terrifying disease has been at least declawed, if not defeated. What do you know about one of the worst ongoing viruses?
 
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True or False: AIDS is considered a chronic disease today and not a terminal one
False
True
 
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In which of these ways can a person contract HIV?
All answers are correct
Sharing needles with an infected person
A baby drinking milk from an infected woman
Having unprotected intercourse with an infected person
 
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And so, what is required for transmission of the virus to happen?
Either contact between body fluids or spit
Only contact between body fluids
Either contact between body fluids, spit or sharing water
Either contact between body fluids, spit, close skin contact and sharing water
 
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Which of these diseases is very common among AIDS patients?
Diabetes
Alzheimer's
Rabies
Tuberculosis
 
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True or False: The AIDS disease can kill a patient directly
False
True
 
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How long can HIV lie dormant before it erupts into AIDS?
20-30 years
2-3 years
6-10 months
2-15 years
 
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True or False: Some people are born with a genetic immunity to HIV
True
False
 
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The virus is made from a genetic material called...
VNA
RNA
TNA
DNA
 
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In what year was HIV discovered?
1972
1977
1986
1981
 
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What does HIV stand for?
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Human Immunodeficiency Vehicle
Hyper Immunodeficiency Virus
Hyper Immunodeficiency Vehicle
 
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What part of the body does the virus target?
Immunity System
Nerves
Brain
Liver
 
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Which famous actor announced in 2015 he had contracted HIV?
Jamie Foxx
Charlie Sheen
Robert Downy Jr.
Mathew McConaughey
 
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What kind of cells does HIV infect?
Neurons
White blood cells
Red blood cells
Epithelial cells
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