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HIV from deep kissing?
I recently kissed another man who is gay. I am married. We did a lot of deep kissing with tongue action, nothing more. I am worried to death that I might have been at risk for HIV infection. There was no blood, and I saw no sores, etc. in the guy's...
Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation
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