Hiv Transmission Probability Through Sex

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oral sex transmission (DOCUMENTED ORAL SEX TRANSMISSION, 2010)

Amazing Doc,How many cases of HIV infection through oral sex did you face in your professional life?I've donated 200 usd for your most admirable foudationMike...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi Mike,It is very difficult for any of us to give an accurate count because we have no way of knowing if the HIVer in question really did have only oral sex as his or her only risk behavior. I certainly had a number of patients who claimed to have... Read more »

Sex life and aids (HIV TRANSMISSION BETWEEN TWO HIV NEGATIVES) (HIV FROM TWO HIV NEGATIVES)

Can you get aids from any type of sex, such as fingering, oral, or actual sex, if you and your... Read more »

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is it possable to develop HIV in anal sex? HIV TRANSMISSION BETWEEN TWO HIV NEGATIVES, 2009)

hello, me and my girlfriend recently had unprotected anal sex, she has done it before so we did it... Read more »

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Prevalence of HIV Infection and Predictors of High-Transmission Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex With Men

The authors sought to determine the prevalence of HIV and novel cofactors of high-transmission-risk behavior in a probability sample of men who have sex with men (MSM). The investigators performed a cross-sectional telephone survey of 1,976 adult... Read more »

Baltimore Sun Series Examines Link Between Commercial Sex Work, HIV Transmission in Baltimore

The Baltimore Sun this week published a two-part series examining the link between commercial sex work and HIV transmission in Baltimore. Summaries of the articles appear below: "An Epidemic's Unseen Cause: Women Trade Sex for Drugs, With AIDS... Read more »

Hepatitis C Transmission Among HIV-Infected Men Who Have Sex With Men Is Occurring Primarily in Men Older Than 35

There's nothing like hearing the results of studies directly from those who actually conducted the research. In this interview, you'll meet one of these impressive HIV researchers and read her explanation of a study she presented at CROI 2009. I'm... Read more »

Could Sexually Transmissible Infections Be Contributing to the Increase in HIV Infections Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Australia?

In the current study, the researchers undertook to review data on sexually transmissible infections (STI) in men who have sex with men (MSM) in Australia to determine the possible contribution of STI to diverging trends in HIV notifications in... Read more »

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transmission probabilities

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

One recent study (from Uganda sero-discordant couples) estimated The probability of transmission per act of vaginal intercourse from HIV-1-positive women to their HIV-1-negative partners was 0.0013 (13 infections per 1000 acts) , compared with a... Read more »

Possibility of HIV transmission

Posted by Anonymous

Hi folks I hope some of you can help me out. About sixteen weeks ago I had sex with a female prostitute. I recieved oral with a condom and intercourse was protected as well. A week and a half later I had an enlarged lymph node in my groin area. All... Read more »

chances of HIV transmission

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

hi everyone, i was wondering what are the chances of contracting the HIV virus having unprotected sex with someone who has it? for example, i don't understand how magic johnson have the virus and cookie (the wife) who became pregnant doesn't have... Read more »

Conflicting HIV information for transmission

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Hi there,
I am getting a little more worried. During the summer I was seeing someone. We didn't have intercourse, but there was a couple of dates where we did a lot of open mouth kissing and I did receive a blowjob from her for a couple of minutes... Read more »

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