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Subject: Re: AIDS and RE: The worst (hist.) surgical proc.
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Date: Mon, 24-Feb-86 13:48:32 EST
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> 
> Thanks for this article; it is fascinating, if only preliminary
> hypothesis. I have often wondered how women could pass on AIDS during
> sex, if it is true that the virus is found in large quantities in
> semen and blood.
> 
I read in a recent article on "Orgasm" in Discover magazine (or one of
the clones) that the vaginal lubricant produced during arousal in women
is simply 'filtered blood serum' ie, blood cells are removed. This would
probably not remove the virus. How this enters the mans body in
significant amounts is another question.