Question

Choose true or false for all questions: 1. blood borne pathogens are disease causing organisms carried in human blood.

a. True
b. False 2. a person could have hiv and not have any symptoms for several years.
a. True
b. False 3. change in smell/taste and generalized itching are some of the symptoms of hepatitis.

Answer 1

Both answers are A True.

Answer 2

All the three statements are true.

Step-by-step explanation:

a. Blood borne pathogens are carried through the blood medium. These pathogens can spread through infected blood of one person to another person. Examples: HIV and hepatitis virus (HBV, HCV and HDV are spread by blood and sexual contact).

b. AIDS is a deficiency of immune system, acquired during the life time of an individual. HIV is a retrovirus, it produces DNA from its RNA which then gets integrated into host cell DNA. There it can remain dormant , giving no sign of its presence.

c. Viral hepatitis includes such symptoms of change in smell, taste and itching.