r (n = 000)                                                   00                00.0                 00             0.000   Tattoos and piercings (n = 000)                                                                           00.0                00                 00.0            0.000   From mother to child during breastfeeding (n = 000)                                                       00.0               00.0                00.0            0.000   *Routes of non-transmission*                                                                                                                                    Hand shaking (n = 000)                                                                                    00.0               00.0                00.0             0.0   Hugging (n = 000)                                                                                         00.0                00                 00.0            0.000   Sharing utensils with someone who has HIV/AIDS (n = 000)                                                  00.0               00.0                 00             0.000   Using the same toilet as someone who has HIV/AIDS (n = 000)                                               00.0               00.0                 00             0.000   Saliva from someone who has HIV/AIDS (n = 000)                                                            00.0               00.0                00.0            0.000   Mosquito bites (n = 000)                                                                                  00.0               00.0                00.0           \<0.000   *Basic knowledge of HIV/AIDS treatment*                                                                                                                         HIV treatment prolongs the life expectancy of HIV-positive patients (n = 000)                             00.0               00.0                00.0           \<0.000   HIV treatment decreases the chances of infection after unprotected sexual intercourse (n = 000)            00                00.0                00.0           \<0.000   HIV treatment decreases the chances of infection after a prick from an infected needle (n = 000)          00.0               00.0                00.0           \<0.000   HIV transmission from mother to child during pregnancy & labour can be prevented (n = 000)                00.0               00.0                00.0           \<0.000  The percentage represents the number of students who answered correctly out of all the students who answered the particular question (n). Students who did not answer a question were considered absent from the statistic regarding that particular question. The selection of 'don't know' as an answer was considered as a wrong answer.  