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From: gerri@watson.ibm.com (Gerri Oppedisano)
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>>Another problem is the implication that, if the victim tests positive,
>>then the infection came from the rapist.  In fact, if both test
>>positive, it's entirely possible the rapist got it from the victim.
>
>This is so unlikely that no one knows of a single case of its
>happening. Female-to-male transmission is already relatively uncommon.
>Such transmission from a single encounter is even rarer.
>
>I generally reserve the use of phrases like "entirely possible"
>for circumstances that are reasonably likely to occur.
>
>-Mike
>
>-
>Mike Godwin,        |         To see a world in a grain of sand
>mnemonic@eff.org    |         And heaven in a wild flower

The rape victim could be male, although I don't know how common
that is.

gerri