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British Survey Suggests HIV Infection Through Oral Sex Is Small, but Real, Risk (August 5, 2004)
A large survey of HIV-positive gay men in the United Kingdom finds that about 3% say oral sex was their only possible risk factor for HIV.
From aidsmap.com
Can HIV Be Transmitted Through Oral Sex? (Regularly Updated)
From Terrence Higgins Trust

The Basics

How to Perform Safer Oral Sex (Regularly Updated)
From Williams Students Online
What You Should Know About Oral Sex (June 2009)
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From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Oral Sex (December 21, 2005)
From aidsmap.com
Fellatio (July 13, 2004)
From aidsmap.com
The State of Oral Sex (February 25, 2003)
A new debate over safety in sucking.
In The Village Voice
Cruising With Lazarus: HIV and Oral Sex (November 2001)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
A New CDC Fact Sheet on Oral Sex (January 12, 2001)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Oral Sex and Sexually Transmitted Infections: Know About the Risks! (2001)
From Terrence Higgins Trust
Don't Swallow: A Look at the Risks of Oral Sex (August 2000)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
An Oral Examination (May 1998)
The risk of HIV transmission through oral sex, and some safer oral sex guidelines.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
Latex Condoms for Oral Sex? You Gotta Be Kidding! (January 1997)
Ways to give safer oral sex without the taste of latex.
From Rick Sowadsky, M.S.P.H.
The Great Fellatio Debate (October 15, 1996)
An in-depth review of research on the risks of oral sex.
In The Village Voice
Oral Sex: Risk Factors for HIV Infection (July 19, 1996)
A lecture by Paul O'Malley of San Francisco Department of Public Health, including discussion of case histories of men infected through oral sex.
From Managing Desire

News

CDC Issues Fact Sheet on Oral Sex and HIV Transmission (June 5, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Thoughts About Women and Oral Sex After Visiting the NYC Sex Museum: A Blog Entry by Terri Wilder
Terri asks: Why in the world aren't there more materials on how people should protect themselves while performing oral sex on a woman?
From Terri Wilder
Casual Sex Becomes Subject for Middle Schoolers (June 17, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Non-Coital Behaviors That Put Teens at Risk for HIV and Other STDs (January 12, 2001)
Surveys show that many teens don't consider oral sex to be a type of "sex".
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Newsline: National Association of Gay Physicians Classifies Oral Sex as "Low-Risk" but Not "No-Risk" (August 1996)
In HIV Newsline, from San Francisco General Hospital

Research

Oral Sex -- and Even Kissing -- Can Pass Along HPV, New Study Finds (March 25, 2009)
In The Journal of Infectious Diseases
Transmission Via Oral Sex? (Winter/Spring 2009)
In Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
HIV-Negative Gay Men in Magnetic, Long-Term Relationships May Build Some HIV Resistance in Their Saliva (February 2, 2009)
From aidsmap.com
Study May Help Explain Why HIV Is More Easily Transmitted Through Anal Sex Than Oral Sex (July 16, 2007)
From aidsmap.com
Oral Sex Linked to Throat Cancer, HPV Infection (May 9, 2007)
From aidsmap.com
Oral Sex Prevalent Among Teens (September 16, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Oral Sex and the Risk of HIV Transmission (May 2004)
From Public Health Agency of Canada
More on Oral Sex and the Risk of HIV Transmission (December 30, 2003)
New studies find the risk of infection from oral sex exists, but is very low.
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In STEP Ezine, from Seattle Treatment Education Project
Transmission of HIV in Oral Sex: Cells Lining Mouth Provide "Beachhead" for HIV (March 20, 2003)
From aidsmap.com
Risk of HIV Infection Through Receptive Oral Sex (March 14, 2003)
From HIV InSite
Oral Sex Has Near-Zero HIV Risk According to New San Francisco Study (November 8, 2002)
From aidsmap.com
Oral Sex Cannot Be Linked to New HIV Infection in 10-Year Spanish Couples Study (June 5, 2002)
From aidsmap.com
Oral Sex Risk -- Australians Find No Risk (March 5, 2001)
From aidsmap.com
Recent Issues in Primary HIV: From Diagnosis to Oral Sex Transmission (December 2000)
In The PRN Notebook
Primary HIV Infection Associated With Oral Transmission (March 2000)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Gay Men Need to Learn More About Oral Sex (December 1997)
The more men understand about the relative risks of different sexual acts, the more likely they are to make a safer choice, a study suggests.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive