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Ways To Prevent Acquiring AIDS
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To reduce possibility of acquiring HIVHi!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...
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Acquiring a drug resistant strain of HIVI'm HIV negative and practice safer sex, but since HIV is a fact of life in the gay community... Read more »Question on Risk of Acquiring through Close Contacti have a question about risk of acquiring HIV.Back in December i went to a seedy strip bar with... Read more »
Articles
Clinical Trial of Antiretroviral-Based HIV Prevention Strategies for Women Now Under WayA new, large-scale clinical trial is examining whether antiretroviral medications normally used to treat HIV infection can also prevent HIV infection in women when applied as a vaginal gel or taken as oral tablets once daily. The study, called... Read more »
PlusNews Examines Cases of Hospital-Acquired HIV in AfricaPlusNews examines several recent reports that highlight how unsanitary hospital procedures can create an environment conducive to the spread of HIV/AIDS. "One study of HIV-positive Swazi children aged between 2 and 12, which relied on data from... Read more »
On Twentieth Anniversary of World AIDS Day, Expert Urges Greater Global Emphasis on Preventing Pediatric AIDSWashington, D.C. -- On the twentieth anniversary of World AIDS Day, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation is urging the global community to reach more pregnant mothers with medicines to protect their infants from HIV, and to speed... Read more »
Which HIV-Infected Men Who Have Sex With Men in Care Are Engaging in Risky Sex and Acquiring Sexually Transmitted Infections: Findings From a Boston Community Health CenterIn this study, the researchers set out to determine the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections in a cohort of HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) and to identify the demographic and behavioral characteristics of those infected with... Read more »
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Have i acquired HIV AIDS? please help..
Posted by Veer2112, 2 Replies
Last night i met this strange lady and we got intimate and had unprotected sex. She is 34 y.o lady, disease free and i was 25 y.o virgin disease free.i was drunk and turned on. we might have had sex more than twice that night and the next morning. wh... Read more » Have i acquired HIV AIDS?
Posted by Veer2112
Last night i met this strange lady and we got intimate and had unprotected sex. She is 34 y.o lady, disease free and i was 25 y.o virgin disease free.i was drunk and turned on. we might have had sex more than twice that night and the next morning. wh... Read more » is aids way worse than hiv
Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies
everything i read or at least the best news relates to hiv it says nothing about AIDS.
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Way too scared now to test....AIDS leading cause
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
of death in San Francisco. The article is posted right on the main page of The Body.
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