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. 2012;34(6):411–415. doi: 10.5581/1516-8484.20120103

Table 4.

Distribution of the participants according to their perception regarding potential means of contagion at some time during their lives that may have caused the infection to which he or she presented positive serological screening tests

Means of contagion n %
Total 106 100.0
Blood transfusion    
  Yes 15 14.2
  No 85 80.2
  Do not know 6 5.6
Injectable drugs    
  Yes 5 4.7
  No 101 95.3
Man/man sexual relation    
  Yes 14 13.2
  No 58 54.7
  Does not apply (women) 34 32.1
Piercing/tattoo    
  Yes 8 7.5
  No 94 88.7
  Do not know 4 3.8
Risky heterosexual relationship    
  Yes 52 49.1
  No 37 34.9
  Do not know 17 16.0
Accident with biological material    
  Yes 9 8.5
  No 95 89.6
  Do not know 2 1.9
Others    
  Yes 17 16.1
  No 54 50.9
  Do not know 35 33.0