NEETZoologyHuman Health and Diseases
Read the following statements regarding HIV/AIDS and its prevention, and choose the incorrect statement.
Options
- AHIV can be transmitted by mere touch or physical contact, which NACO campaigns aim to prevent.
- BHIV enters T-helper lymphocytes, replicates, and causes a progressive decrease in their count.
- CNACO and other non-governmental organisations educate people to prevent infection because AIDS has no cure.
- DMacrophages continue to produce the virus and act like an HIV factory while surviving the infection.
Correct answer
A. HIV can be transmitted by mere touch or physical contact, which NACO campaigns aim to prevent.
Step-by-step solution
The statement in option 1 is incorrect. HIV/AIDS is not spread by mere touch or physical contact; it spreads only through body fluids. Therefore, campaigns by NACO (National AIDS Control Organisation) focus on safe blood transfusions, use of disposable needles, and safe sex, rather than preventing physical contact. The statement in option 2 is correct. After entering the body, HIV enters T-helper lymphocytes, replicates, and produces progeny viruses, leading to a progressive decrease in their count and weakening th