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Article: Genital piercing may increase HIV transmission risk through oral sex.
- Article from:
- AIDS Weekly
- Article date:
- December 22, 2003
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2003 DEC 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genital piercing may increase the risk of HIV transmission through oral sex.
In a recent study from Australia, "Seventy-five homosexual men with recently acquired HIV were interviewed about their risk behavior."
"Fifty-nine reported unprotected anal intercourse, and one shared injecting equipment, with a partner not known to be HIV negative. Of the remaining 15, 11 reported protected anal intercourse," according to J. Richters and coauthors at the University of New South Wales. "In five of the 15 we judged oral sex to be the most likely source of infection, including three men who had a genital piercing."
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