What Is Defined As Casual Contact

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defining casual contact

please, tell me if the term "casual contact" includes individuals who come across inflected fluids, such as blood on a door handle or elevator button; if these indivduals had an open wound or got the infected fluid into their mouth, would...

Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

The most important thing to remember about HIV transmission is that HIV is known to be transmitted through very specific means:1) sex (anal, vaginal, or oral) with someone infected with HIV2) Sharing needles and syringes with someone who has HIV 3)... Read more »

Can a child contact HIV from a carrier who's "dads friend"? (CASUAL CONTACT, HIV BASICS)

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Grandfather and HIV (CASUAL CONTACT, 2009)

My mom said to email you, I'm 15 and just found out my grandpa has HIV. I'm so scared... Read more »

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Unsafe Sex With Casual Partners and Quality of Life Among HIV-Infected Gay Men: Evidence From a Large Representative Sample of Outpatients Attending French Hospitals (ANRS-EN12-VESPA)

According to researchers in the current study, "the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy has relaunched the debate on risky sexual behavior among HIV-infected gay men." They sought to examine the influences of lifestyle... Read more »

AIDS Defining Conditions

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines a person ashaving AIDS if she or he is living with HIV (HIV+) and has a CD4 cell count of 200 or less. The CDC has also developed a list of morethan 20 opportunisticinfections (OIs) that... Read more »

Defining Harm Reduction: Three Experts Speak

New York State Authorized Needle Exchange Programs In 1990 Joyce Rivera was working an ethnographer, studying the culture of the drug sellers in the Bronx. Working with members of the community, Rivera started an underground needle exchange to try... Read more »

Condom Use With Steady and Casual Partners in Inner City African-American Communities

The researchers set out to examine the rates of and factors associated with consistent condom use with steady and casual partners in inner city African-American communities with a high prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STI). Through... Read more »

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to the CASUAL CONTACT guy

Posted by mental_case

look i am trying to help you here but...
you have an awful weird definition of CASUAL contact!
there is not an exchange of cum or blood in casual contact it is that simple.
WHAT YOU ARE RELATING IS NOT CASUAL CONTACT!
in life anything can happen and if... Read more »

Casual contact?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Does anyone knows if someone has been infected by casual contact? I mean, someone getting infected even tough he/she never had unprotected anal, vaginal or swallowing semen? I mean, casual contact like getting some little precum in your face or your... Read more »

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Inter Milan winter transfer market place, JAVIER ZANETTI said: "in January will star. But in the present situation, the Inter Milan there is little possibility of bringing in large-name players... Read more »

Hiv fear after unprotected contact

Posted by Nickkk, 2 Replies

First of all i must tell you that i do not come from USA, so sorry for my bad english.

I come from Europe and my name is Nick, also i am 26 years old.
I have an unprotected sex before ~2 months-(73days) with a woman that her hiv condition is unknown... Read more »

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