Felicia poked herself while disposing of a needle that she had just used to administer medication to a patient. she was later tested for infection from this needle stick and tested positive for human immunodeficiency virus (hiv). in this scenario, the needle stick was what link in the chain of transmission?

Which of the following processes does the body not use protein to perform? a. repairing muscles b. producing hormones c. making hemoglobin d. creating amino acids

True or false a fertilized cell divides many times to form an embryo

Hiv is inactivated in the laboratory after a few minutes of sitting at room temperature, but the flu virus is still active after sitting for several hours. what are the practical consequences of these findings? a) hiv can be transmitted more easily from person to person than the flu virusb) the flu virus can be transmitted more easily from person to person than hivc) this property of hiv makes it more likely to be a pandemic than the flu virusd) disinfecting surfaces is more important to reduce the spread of hiv than the flu