Posted on 12/16/2007 2:34:37 PM PST by neverdem
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The article says 80% of HIV cases are the result of sexual intercourse. What is the cause of the other 20%?
>>A component found in semen can enhance HIV transmission by as much as 100,000-fold, researchers have found. The results, if verified in a clinical setting, could identify a new way to help prevent the spread of the disease.<<
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Gee, I can think of several now. Lesbianism would be one. Abstinence another.
I’d guess passing a needle around.
People who stay free of symptoms longest are more likely to spread disease.
This has a curious URL. I couln't find a FReebie for the title on Yahoo or the initial Google search. I found it on Google when I checked the links that were omitted during the first search.
That's most of it, but HIV positive mothers breast feeding uninfected children and contaminated blood products are other transmission methods.
A component found in semen can enhance HIV transmission by as much as 100,000-fold, researchers have found. The results, if verified in a clinical setting, could identify a new way to help prevent the spread of the disease.
Don’t let anyone put semen inside of you.
Thanx. I used to know all that stuff back in the late 80s. We all donated blood at the UC Cardio Center in San Francisco. Our friend’s new baby had to have a valve transplant and some of the hospital’s blood had been infected. WE came up with enough in a small circle of friends and family. Really hit close to home.
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Blood transfusions could be partially responsible.
"Sexual intercourse" defined as . . . homosexual intercourse? That's not sexual—that is, it doesn't conform to the biological definition, which is intercourse between entities of different sexes.
As I recall from high-school biology, sexually undifferentiated one-celled critters sometimes exchange DNA. Near as I can figure, homosexual intercourse would have to be defined as asexual.
It's a matter of sementics, though.
Drug addicts sharing needles account for most of the rest.
Thanks for the ping.
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