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Scratching Mosquito Bite On Hiv Infected Person
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HIV INFECTED PERSON BODY REACTION TO MOSQUITO BITEHIPLZ EASE MY MIND COZ I M ON THE VERGE OF RUNNING AWAY FROM HOME FROM FEAR OF BEIN POSITIVE.I AM FEMALE, HAVE HAD UNPROTECTED ANAL SEX BUT WITHOUT EJACULATION WITH UNKNOWN STATUS GUY.2 QUESTIONS AND I BEG U TO ANSWER ME COZ THERE S NO ONE ELSE ON...
Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation
Hello,The per episode probability risk of HIV transmission for receptive penile-anal sex is estimated to be between 0.1% and 3%, if you know your partner is confirmed to be HIV-positive. In your case, these risk estimates would be lower, primarily...
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Risk of HIV+ Vet Assistant transmitting to coworkers through animal scratches/bites?We have an HIV+ Vet Assistant who is very prone to getting scratched and bit. If an animal... Read more »Mosquito biteIf mosquito bites me HIV+ woman, then bites my male negative friend will he get the virus. It has... Read more »
Articles
China's Youngsters Think Mosquitoes Spread AIDSChina's young people are grossly unaware of how HIV is spread, with many mistakenly believing that people can contract the disease from mosquito bites, according to a survey published Thursday. The study was conducted earlier this year by the... Read more »
Opinion: "HIV 'Cure' at Risk From Budget Cuts""The automatic cuts in federal spending known as sequestration could take a bite out of crucial medical research, such as the recently unveiled study in which a toddler was cured of HIV. The National Institutes of Health, which co-funded the study,... Read more »
Why Do We Tolerate People Who Are HIV Positive and Spreading the Disease?"We have all these programs and HIV prevention people are scratching their heads saying, 'How can we help people with HIV?' When it is all said and done it's up to the community to say, 'we just don't want HIV to spread.'" So says Thomas J. Coates,... Read more »
Number of Named Partners and Number of Partners Newly Diagnosed With HIV Infection Identified by Persons With Acute Versus Established HIV InfectionAcute HIV infections are linked to a disproportionate share of forward transmission in certain populations, note the current study's authors. They hypothesized that patients acutely infected might be able to identify more named partners than those... Read more »
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mosquito bites??
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
I heard mosquitoes can't transmit hiv, and I hope its true. Because I was definitely bitten by the same one as an hiv+ person. We were in a small room and there was only one mosquito in there and it bit both of us within about 1 minute. I am scared,...
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HIV from Scratch
Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies
To Whom it May Concern:Here is my dilemma. A couple of months ago I visited a "titty bar" and received three lap dances. During one of the dances I felt the dancer scratch my neck with her fingernail. Throughout the remainder of our session... Read more » Infection throgh scratches
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
Hi, Hope someone can advise. I've always been served by this HIV positive beautician for about 2 years and have not feared for my life before. BUT since 11 Oct 1999, I've been living in fear of contracting HIV. On that day, while she was massaging... Read more » Visiting HIV infected person
Posted by tnk, 1 Reply
Hello Sir, I am from India..Please help me....My father-in-law is HIV +ve. We came to know about this about 3 months back.. We are supposed to visit him for 2 days this weekend.. What I want to know is what precautions should I take while our visit..... Read more »
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