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From: feldman@rex.cs.tulane.edu (Damon Feldman)
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Subject: Risk for Heterosexuals in USA / Gender bias
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	I am a layman, so please answer my questions simply if you can.
	I am wondering about the prevalence of AIDS in those people
who are not in any high risk category, and the probability of
contracting the disease from someone who is HIV positive.  I have
heard that condoms reduce the probability of contracting AIDS by a
factor of 5, is this figure accurate?  Also is the probability of a
woman transmitting to a man lower than that of a man transmitting to a
woman, because the exchange of fluids is primarily in one direction?

	In short, what are the odds out there?

Damon