How Soon After Hiv Exposure Contagious

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Are anal secretions contagious with HIV ?

Dear, Doc.First of all thank you for your time, I had an encounteer with a male sex worker on the 30 of december 2006 i was given oral sex with a condom which he gave me, and insertive anal sex afterwards also with a condom but i pulled it off when...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Yes, HIV can be found in anal secretions, just as it can also be isolated from vaginal secretions. Your HIV risk is brief unprotected insertive anal sex. The estimated per-act risk of acquiring HIV from unprotected insertive anal sex with a... Read more »

lymphoma or contagious KS?- still neg

I have been reading about KS and wondering if I could have gotten it through a one-time het. sexual... Read more »

Response from Keith Henry, M.D. »

When Contagious?

I had an unprotected encounter with a female who had a high risk exposure 11 days earlier. Should I... Read more »

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New Zealand Government to Decline Entry to Immigrants With Costly, Contagious Diseases, Including HIV, TB

The New Zealand government on Wednesday announced that it will ban people from migrating to the country if they test positive for diseases or conditions that could be contagious or costly to treat, such as HIV or tuberculosis, the Associated Press ... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Structure and Outcomes of a HIV Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Program in a High HIV Prevalence Setup in Western Kenya

"In 2001, HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) was initiated in western Kenya," explained the authors of the current study, which sought to describe the design, implementation, and evolution of the program. Patient data were analyzed for reasons,... Read more »

Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV Prevention: Promoting Safe and Effective Use in the United States

New Tool to Reduce the Risk of HIV Infection Among Gay and Bisexual Men In November 2010, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced the results of the iPrEx trial, a large research study examining whether a pill containing drugs used to... Read more »

Q&A: CDC's Clinical Studies of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention: Anticipated Results and Impact

When will the results of the trials be available? If PrEP does prove to be effective at preventing HIV infection in this trial, how will the drugs be made available to people who need or want it? If the drugs prove safe and effective in one... Read more »

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HIV Highly Contagious Before Symptoms Show

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

HIV Highly Contagious Before Symptoms Show: Study
Reuters Health
10.18.01

HIV may be highly transmissible before an infected person experiences its first, flu-like symptoms, and before HIV tests can detect the virus, researchers reported last week.... Read more »

Burning Tongue Part II (My Exposure)

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

My Exposure would be deep French Kissing (I have a non-contagious gum condition in which they are always cut and open. They bleed quite a bit if dental floss is just slightly inserted between teeth) and I performed clitoral masturbation on her. I... Read more »

Recent exposure Question

Posted by Smalltown, 2 Replies

First of all this board has really helped me manage to make it through this last week. I have read alot of useful information and have determined my worst fear, that I did have a moderate to high risk HIV exposure.

Before I go on let me say that I... Read more »

Hiv test after 3 years of exposure.

Posted by sammi0506, 1 Reply

Hi .. I am from Sydney Australia.

I was exposed to HIV. I had a HIV antibody and antigen test 3 years later. ( Blood sample) . It came back negative.

I am aware that there is a 3 month window period..
But my question is... Would there still be HIV... Read more »

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