Summative Assessment 13915

No

Statement

True

False

1.

The term HIV positive refers to an illness that will immediately cause a person to become ill.

2.

AIDS stands for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

3.

HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus.

4.

People diagnosed with AIDS may get life threatening diseases called opportunistic infections, which are caused by microbes such as viruses or bacteria that usually do not make healthy people sick.

5.

The term AIDS applies to the most advanced stages of HIV infection.

6.

Children may get the same opportunistic infections, as do adults with the disease. Examples are: Conjunctivitis (pink eye), Ear infections, Tonsillitis

7.

HIV does not cause AIDS.