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HIV/AIDS Legal Assessment Tool Aims to Tackle HIV-Related Discrimination

Writing in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's "Impatient Optimists " blog, Jennifer James, founder of Mom Bloggers for Social Good, examines the HIV/AIDS Legal Assessment Tool (.pdf) created by the American Bar Association Rule of Law... Read more »

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

On the Eve of World AIDS Day, Surgeon General's HIV/AIDS Assessment for America: Good ... Bad

Washington, D.C. -- On the eve of World AIDS Day, Assistant Secretary for Health and Surgeon General David Satcher said that although infections may have fallen, HIV/AIDS still represents a severe and ongoing crisis in America, particularly for men... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Assessment of HIV Testing of Urban Injection Drug Users: Implications for Expansion of HIV Testing and Prevention Efforts

In the current study, the researchers set out to "determine the extent of HIV testing among urban injection drug users (IDUs) to assess whether an expansion of targeted testing programs would be consistent with national goals to identify previously... Read more »

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Just made donation- please help assess HIV risk

On June 30 of last year I had protected sex with a CSW. She put the condom on me with her mouth and it stayed on the whole time during intercourse. I have two possible risk factors and subsequent possible symptoms.1. I had a sliver in my index...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,HIV is not your problem. So I'll be brief.1. Even with the recently removed sliver your HIV-acquisition risk is negligible. (This assumes the latex condom was used properly and didn't fail.)2. Water from the washcloth dripping onto... Read more »

Assess my risk

5 months ago: - lapdance at stripclub from friendly stripper (her HIV status is unknown)- during lapdance: light kissing, brief direct genital rubbing, no penetration but the very tip of my penis rubbed between her vaginal lips, twice she put my...

Response from Richard Cordova III

Test Positive Aware Network

Hi there:Below are my answers to your questions....1. At what risk level would assess my event? Fairly low. Oral sex is a low-risk activity, and since there was no actual penetration transmission was unlikely. 2. Is my negative oraquick result... Read more »

Viral Load and Risk Assessment

In the 1 1/2 years I have known I am hiv-positive I have been fairly sexually active, including being the penetrator in both vaginal and anal intercourse (with informed and willing partners). I always use a well-lubricated latex condom and, with...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Hi. Thank you for your question. The Quantitative PCR test, also known as aviral load test, can find HIV at levels as low as 400 copies/ml of blood. Iflevels of HIV are lower than this (which is certainly possible), the test maynot be able to... Read more »

Please Doctor assess my risk....

A few days ago i had sex with a girl, don't know her HIV status (assuming she is positive). In the beginning i fingered her and then stopped and started to put on the condom immediately after that. The problem is that i touched for a few...

Response from Lisa Hightow-Weidman, M.D., M.P.H.

University of North Carolina

Hello thereNo, I would not consider this a risk for HIV infection. Contrary to popular belief, HIV is a relatively hard virus to get. There needs to be a significant amount of HIV+ body fluid passing from one person's body directly/immediately... Read more »

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Assess Your Risk for HIV and Other STDs

Posted by bartleby

Answer this anonymous questionnaire to discover your level of HIV risk.
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Risk Factor and Assessment

Posted by Anonymous

I have a question for anyone who is knowledgeable in HIV infection risk factors.

About 15 weeks ago I had unprotected sex with a female stripper for about 40 seconds to a minute. I stopped her after that. I did not ejaculate. In the following six... Read more »

Risk Assessment for an encounter.

Posted by achem, 1 Reply

If anyone could please help me to assess my risk of contracting HIV from a recent sexual encounter it will be much appreciated. I am going to get tested regardless, but am hoping for some peace of mind in the meantime.

I am a guy and five days ago I... Read more »

Risk assessment, or, how screwed am I?

Posted by ratherconcerned, 1 Reply

Hi, I'm a male who has sex with men, and I have an HIV-related concern. My last negative HIV test was on 4/7/08, which was 45 days after an unprotected encounter with another guy who I know fairly well and who claims to be HIV-. (I was both the... Read more »

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