Table 1.5.3.  Personal beliefs of men about routes of Syphilis transmission

(n=1354)

Routes of HIV transmission

High Probability

Low Probability

Impossible

Don’t know

Receiving infected blood transfusion

60.1*

22.6

6.6

10.7

Using public bathrooms

49.2

22.6

16.1

12.1

Kissing on the mouth

55.6*

19.7

11.8

13.0

Through sexual intercourse

96.1*

1.5

0.8

1.6

Shaking hands

1.9

18.8

45.5

13.8

Using a needle used by someone else

61.5*

17.4

7.0

14.1

Through mosquito bite

22.0

16.1

41.2

20.7

Using personal objects of infected person

51.6*

23.9

10.5

14.1

Being treated by a physician or dentist

54.0*

22.1

9.4

14.5

* Note: opinions expressed by the majority of respondents