Table 2.4.3.  Personal beliefs of women about routes of Syphilis transmission *

(n=1300)

Routes of HIV transmission

High Probability

Low Probability

Impossible

Don’t know

Receiving infected blood transfusion

80.8

0.4

7.0

11.8

Using public bathrooms

62.7

1.4

19.9

16.0

Kissing on the mouth

58.9

0.8

22.9

17.4

Through sexual intercourse

96.8

0.0

0.7

2.5

Shaking hands

27.2

1.0

53.2

18.7

Using a needle used by someone else

82.0

0.2

7.6

10.2

Through mosquito bite

37.9

0.6

33.7

27.8

Using personal objects of infected person

60.7

0.7

23.9

14.7

Being treated by a physician or dentist

77.8

1.0

7.4

13.8

* Note: bold print indcates opinions expressed by more than 50% of respondents