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what are the chances of acquiring hiv from an escort (10000Rs)

i had protected sex(latex condom) with an escort. we did not indulge in any oral sex. vaginal intercourse was for 2 to 3 min max. condom did not break and no exchange of fluids,her vagina was dry wen i took out me penis... i took elisa test next...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello.Your HIV-acquisition risk is essentially nonexistent, assuming the latex condom was used properly and didn't fail (break). HIV cannot permeate intact latex. No way. No how. I agree that guilt is probably your major problem, not HIV! If my... Read more »

To reduce possibility of acquiring HIV

Hi!How are you? I am male, 48,-ve, and living in Hong Kong.I want to know is there any estimate for the chance of acquiring HIV in M/F situation, practising vaginal and oral sex only? I learnt that some guys take tenefoir for prevention, so far any...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello C.C.,The estimated per-act risk for acquiring HIV from unprotected insertive penile-vaginal sex with a partner confirmed to be HIV positive is 5 per 10,000 exposures. The estimated per-act risk for acquiring HIV form unprotected insertive oral... Read more »

chronic eye problems in newly-acquired HIV

Is chronic conjunctivitis, which is not responsive to anti-bacterial ointments or over the counter eye drops, a common first or second symptom for someone with recently acquired HIV? chronic eye problems in newly-acquired HIV No....

Response from Judith Feinberg, M.D.

University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine

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Acquiring HIV

My wife had a stillbirth at 26 weeks this past summer. We were overseas at the time so proper diagnosis was not possible. My wife needed an HIV test for a visa that came back positive. She took another test that came back negative. The clinic...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello BT,If your wife has had essentially no HIV risk exposures, then there is no way she could be HIV infected. Her intermittently positive ELISA and Western Blot tests most likely are the result of nonspecific cross-reacting antibodies that can be... Read more »

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Characteristics of Persons With Heterosexually Acquired HIV Infection, United States 1999-2004

Women and persons of color comprise a growing proportion of heterosexually acquired U.S. HIV cases. In the current study, the authors analyzed the association between race/ethnicity, whether diagnoses of HIV and AIDS were made concurrently, and the... Read more »

Implementation of Named HIV Reporting -- New York City, 2001

Since 1981, population-based surveillance data on acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) have been used in New York City (NYC) to monitor the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic. In June 2000, the NYC Department of Health and Mental... Read more »

What's In a Name?

Our view of HIV and AIDS has changed in the past few years. No longer do we consider HIV to be a virus with a dormant period that explodes into activity by attacking the immune system and signaling the development of full-blown AIDS. Today we're... Read more »

Finding Ways to Help the Youngest With HIV

The Pediatric AIDS Clinic at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital is conducting what is believed to be the only study on HIV-positive children and cardiovascular disease. Dr. Grace McComsey, chief of Pediatric Infectious... Read more »

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MTV needs the Names of Young People

Posted by Anonymous

MTV Needs the Names of Young People for a Programme on HIV/AIDS
Please reply directly to stayingalive@mtvne.com
***

Staying Alive, MTV's HIV/AIDS global awareness campaign is looking for
names of young people up to the age of 25 whose lives have been... Read more »

my name is keith...

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

My name is Keith and I'm an HIV+ gay man living heathily in
Seattle WA. I received my diagnosis in 1988 but believe that I
was infected in 1986 by injection drug use. Of course, hindsight
is always... Read more »

my name is joe...

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

My name is Joe and I have known that I was HIV+ for 12 years now.
I had been with my lover for a year when I began to have
symptoms. I went to the Dr with swollen lymph nodes and a "chest
... Read more »

Someone elso using my name

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Dear All,

Just for the record I have'nt posted on this board in ages. The have been postings from another person using the name Kevin asking about risk of exposure. This was not me and if you got the two of us mixed up it made me look really nuts as... Read more »

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