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Subject: Re: (3201) Re: life cycle, methods of infection
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Date: 29 May 91 14:37:01 GMT
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On Wed, 29 May 91 07:36:52 pdt Support Account for SCI.MED.AIDS said:
>
>In article <1991May22.110023.27019@cs.ucla.edu>
> decwrl!well.sf.ca.us!well!gregs@uunet.UU.NET (Greg Strockbine) writes:
>[stuff deleted]
>>	* regarding methods of infection, is it safe to perform fellatio
>>	  up to the point of ejaculation?  In particular, there is a
>>	  clear, sticky fluid that comes out of the penis before ejaculation,
>>	  could this also carry the aids virus?
>[stuff deleted]
>
>	I know that there have been several replies to this posting
>already, however, several of these referred to *oral sex*. Is the risk
>the same for fellatio and cunnilingus? Does the risk increase
>significantly for cunnilingus during mmenstruation (or, to rephrase the
> question,

I cannot comment on medical journals, etc. as the most "science oriented"
magazine I read is Scientific American (among others).  Anyways, I recall
mainstream media (as opposed to supermarket media) publishing the
fact that the first female-to-female and female-to-male cases of
transmission had occurred.  Unless memory fails me, the "donor" was
menstruating at the time in both (separate) cases.

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