|
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
|