In the heterosexual transmission (from infective to non in fective paner) of Human Immuno-deficiency Virus infection (HIV)-: (A) There is a greater risk of transmission from man to a woman, (B) There is greater risk of transmission from woman to man, (C) Risk is equal either ways, (D) HIV infection is not transmission by heterosexual act
Answer is A. A European study of heterosexual couples in suggests that chances of transmission of HIV infection from male to female is twice as likely as from female to male. Reference; Park&;s Textbook of preventive and social medicine, 24th edition.Pg no. 364