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From: Patrick.Harkin@f64.n255.z2.fidonet.org (Patrick Harkin)
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Subject: Re: Oral Sex Transmission ???
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Date: 7 Oct 89 17:48:47 GMT
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I'm replying to this 'at the keyboard' so I can't provide an accurate reference  
but the was a paper in The Lancet some time in the last 18 months describing  
HIV transmission by fellatio. As a pathologist, I find it difficult to accept  
fellatio as safe - the back of the throat is *designed* to grab antigens from  
swallowed material. That's what tonsils are for, after all! Still, even the  
Lancet study could only get three cases, so absolute risks must be minimal.

regards
Pat Harkin

PS The lancet has also report a case of conception via fellatio. The woman  
(who had an imperforate vagina) was caught in flagrante by her other  
boyfriend, and was stabbed in the abdomen. Perforation of the stomach allowed  
viable sperm into the peritoneum, and that's a standard site for some assisted  
conception techniques. Looks like anything is possible........... 

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