Current Events > I never knew what the risk of HIV transmission was before

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A meta-analysis of studies of heterosexual HIV transmission found that, in high-income countries prior to the introduction of combination therapy, the risk per sexual act was 0.04% if the female partner was HIV positive and the male partner was HIV negative. The risk was 0.08% when the male partner was HIV positive and the female partner HIV negative.

Men are less likely to acquire HIV through vaginal intercourse if they are circumcised. There is strong biological and epidemiological evidence for this.

Circumcision is believed to reduce the risk of male infection because it removes the vulnerable tissue inside the foreskin, which contains Langerhans cells (a type of cell particularly vulnerable to HIV infection). The area under the foreskin is also vulnerable to trauma, and is more likely to become abraded if sufficient lubrication is not present. Also, uncircumcised men may be more vulnerable to sexually transmitted infections (STIs), because the area under the foreskin can retain bacteria acquired during sex, thus increasing the chance that an infection will become established.

Three randomised controlled trials of circumcision demonstrated that circumcision lowers HIV-negative mens risk of acquiring HIV by between 51 and 60%.

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Great, now the anti circumcision squad is going to come screaming in and make a mountain out of a mohel.

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Id rather have this than anteater dick hth

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Heliogabalus posted...

Great, now the anti circumcision squad is going to come screaming in and make a mountain out of a mohel.

I would ban you for that pun if I could.

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You can get stuck with a needle with HIV blood and still have a low rate of transmission. The virus is very fragile >_>

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NeonOctopus posted...

You can get stuck with a needle with HIV blood and still have a low rate of transmission. The virus is very fragile >_>

Crazy, I always thought it was pretty easily transmitted

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solosnake posted...

Crazy, I always thought it was pretty easily transmitted

Hep C is way more transmissible

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solosnake posted...

Crazy, I always thought it was pretty easily transmitted

It's a numbers game. It's the norm for most STDs for the odds to be heavily in your favor. Most new HIV infections happen when the spreader was recently infected and their immune system hasn't had time to reduce the number of copies of the virus in their bloodstream.

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AldousIsDead posted...

I would ban you for that pun if I could.

No need to get snippy

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Heliogabalus posted...

No need to get snippy

This is harassment.

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I was surprised too. In school they made it seem like you'd get it the millisecond you went in raw.

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