How Many Time Does It Take To Have Sex With A Person Hiv Positive For You To Get It

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How many times can a person have unprotected anal sex before becoming hiv positive?

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

...enough, you could splatter your cerebellum against the wall with a single pull. Similarly, a single episode of unprotected anal sex with an HIV-positive partner could result in HIV transmission. Certainly HIV transmission doesn't occur with every... Read more »

Oral sex from HIV positive. (TRANSMISSION VIA ORAL SEX 2010)

Dear Dr Bob, I have posted a question before, but now as i have update on the situation i am... Read more »

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Unprotected sex between 2 men with the same hiv strain (SUPER INFECTION, 2010) (SEX BETWEEN TWO HIV POSITIVE PARTNERS, 2010)

I'd like to know from a scientific point of view, what happens when 2 men with the exact same hiv... Read more »

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working with hiv positive person

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...often shake hands.. i am worried about blood getting into one of the small cuts on the side of my fingers.. I noticed he sometimes has similar little cuts on his hands.. Part two.. We often use small tools like little scred drivers staplers and... Read more »

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...unprotected encounter (anal & vaginal) and it only lasted maybe a half an hour. what are the odds of getting hiv the first time? does the amount of time matter, does the fact that there was no sperm involved matter? i guess i'm just confused... Read more »

Bush ignores HIV prevention methods that work

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...and abstinence as top priorities. Fidelity and abstinence are known to be of little effect in reducing HIV infection! Many people have been infected with HIV while believing that they were in a monogamous (faithful) relationship. However, their... Read more »

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...to determine ways to provide HIV prevention but in order to reach everyone; HIV needs to be in the news! Talking about safe sex and the need to use a condom or providing condoms is not working! HIV is a global problem which demands attention... Read more »

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