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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
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