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What is HIV? There’s an epidemic of HIV in the United States and around the world. According to the • sexual practices and the HIV status of sexual partners • sharing needles for drug use or tattoos • use of PrEP, PEP, condoms, or having an undetectable viral load It’s important to understand the risk level based on actual factors in preventing the transmission of HIV. HIV can be transmitted through semen, vaginal secretions, blood, and anal secretions. When a person doesn’t use a condom during sex, it’s easier for semen, vaginal fluids, blood, and anal secretions to enter their body — either being absorbed across the mucous membrane of the vagina or anus or entering the bloodstream directly. Anal sex is a known risk factor for contracting HIV if other prevention methods are absent, especially for the “receptive” partner whose anus is being penetrated by the penis. Vaginal sex can also lead to HIV transmission if other prevention methods are absent, especially for the “receptive” partner whose vagina is being penetrated by the penis. Both anal and vaginal sex can also carry a risk of HIV transmission for the “insertive” partner (that is, the person whose penis is inserted into the anus or vagina). Bottoming vs. topping “Topping” and “bottoming” are common names for positions in anal sex. The person topping is the partner inserting their penis into the anus/rectum of their partner. The person bottoming is in the receptive position — the one whose anus/rectum is being penetr...

I had unprotected anal sex. What are the chances of having HIV? By Category: Share This• Twitter • Facebook • Tumblr I had unprotected anal sex with another man for the first time in over a year. We were versatile and used a lot of lube. I asked him about his HIV status and he said he was negative but, I’m still not sure. He precummed and cummed outside of my body well after anal sex but, still precum may have gotten inside of me at some point, I’m not sure. What are the chances of having HIV? I’m still getting tested but, this happened just a week ago. Like unprotected vaginal sex, unprotected anal sex is high risk for many sexually transmitted infections, such as chlamydia, gonorrhea, herpes, hepatitis, HIV, and syphilis. While many of these can be diagnosed immediately by getting tested, it generally takes at least three months for HIV antibodies to show up on a test. The fact that your partner ejaculated outside of your body decreases the chance of HIV transmission, but it’s impossible for us to tell you what the chances are that you contracted HIV. The only way you can know that is by getting tested. It’s important to remember that about one out of three people will lie about their infection status in order to have sex, so always protect yourself and use a condom — whether or not partners say they are negative. Good luck with your test. Tags:

Searching for more information about your personal risk for HIV infection? If you’re in New York’s Hudson Valley region, talk to our Against All Odds by Trenton Straube Playing the HIV numbers game is less—and more—risky than you think. Originally published in Can you get HIV from oral sex? That’s probably one of the most common questions A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) fact sheet describes the probability of oral sex transmission as “low.” But what does that mean? The AIDS.gov website puts it this way: “You can get HIV by performing oral sex on your male partner, although the risk is not as great as it is with unprotected anal or vaginal sex.” Regarding going down on a woman, the site explains: “HIV has been found in vaginal secretions, so there is a risk of contracting HIV from this activity.” Does this put your mind at ease? Hardly. That’s why many of us seek out percentages and ratios when we talk about risk. Numbers seem less abstract, more specific. But do they give us a better understanding of HIV risk and sexual health? Let’s do the math. Probabilities of HIV transmission per exposure to the virus are usually expressed in percentages or as odds (see chart at the end of this article). For example, the average risk of contracting HIV through sharing a needle one time with an HIV-positive drug user is 0.67 percent, which can also be stated as 1 in 149 or, using the ratios the CDC prefers, 67 out of 10,000 exposures. The risk from giving a blowjob to...

If you are The steps you need to take to protect yourself and your partner depend on several things. These include whether you’re treating your HIV with Learn how you can have Get ART Antiretroviral therapy, or Sometimes, ART works so well that the tests can’t find HIV in your Even if you’re HIV-positive, you can still get infected with a different strain of the virus. So protect yourself if you’re not sure of your partner’s status. If you’re on ART, you will need a blood test every 3-4 months to monitor your viral load. Some people may never reach undetectable viral levels. Use Condoms The amount of protection depends on how you and your partner are having sex. Next riskiest is if you’re the person on top during anal sex. You have a 1 in 909 chance of getting HIV from your partner without a condom. If you’re female, you have slightly lower chance, or 1 in 1,234, of getting an infection during unprotected vaginal sex with an HIV-positive partner. Using a condom lowers that risk by an average of 80%. Oral sex poses little or no risk of HIV transmission. Placing a condom on the Remember that without condoms, you and your partner can still catch other Get PrEP and PEP Pre-exposure prophylaxis ( If you take PrEP as instructed every day, your risk for getting HIV will fall by 99%. But it takes at least 7 days for PrEP to start working. Post-exposure prophylaxis, or PEP, is an emergency form of ART. You take it if you’ve recently had sex that might have exposed you to HIV. You m...

Bayesian Markov Chain Monte-Carlo (MCMC) inference (012212+I+G+F model). Branch line weight is proportional to the posterior probability. Partners’ sequences are in blue; N indicates the initially HIV-negative partner, whereas P indicates the initially HIV-positive partner. Control sequences comprised the 10 closest sequences identified through BLAST searches of GenBank. Positive control sequences comprised replicate sequences from study partners (in red) and sequences from confirmed transmission pairs obtained in a separate study (in orange). aSequences 9N2 and 9N3 were obtained from the same sample in 2 separate experiments. Supplement. eMethods eTable 1. Partners’ Sample Type (Either Plasma or PBMCs) and pol HIV-1 Subtype eTable 2. Pairwise Genetic Distances of pol and env Sequences From Partners and Positive Controls (Comprising Replicate Partners’ Sequences and Sequences From Confirmed Transmission Pairs Obtained in a Separate Study [ref: Beloukas Virus Res 2012]) eFigure 1. Phylogenetic Tree of pol Sequences From 11 Couples, Including Couple 5 and Couple 6 With Subtype-Discordant Infection eFigure 2. Phylogenetic Tree of pol Sequences From Nine Couples With Subtype B Infection eTable 3. Sensitivity Analysis Including and Excluding Follow-up Time in Which the HIV-RNA was Suppressed at the Beginning of the Period but Became Elevated eTable 4. Hierarchical Approach to Classifying Types of Sex eTable 5. Baseline Characteristics in Participants Who Contributed to the Elig...

If you are a man who has sex with men, you might be at greater risk forgetting If you already are HIV-positive, there are steps you can take to prevent your partner or partners from becoming infected and reduce your chances of getting sick. HIV Risk Factors for Men Who Have Sex With Men About 1.2 million people in the U.S. are estimated to have HIV. Of these, about 13% don’t know they have it. That means they could spread the virus to others without knowing it. Men who have sex with men (MSM) are the largest group of people with HIV. About 70% of the estimated 34,800 new HIV infections in 2019 involved men who have sex with men. The CDC also tracks the number of people diagnosed with HIV each year (since people can live for years without knowing they have it). In 2019, there were 36,801 new HIV diagnoses. Gay and bisexual men made up 69% of those. If you are an American male having sex with other men, you have about a 1 in 6 chance of getting HIV at some point in your life (compared to a 1 in 524 chance for men who don’t have sex with men). HIV risk is even greater for certain racial and ethnic groups. Black MSM have a 1 in 2 lifetime risk for HIV. Hispanic or Latino MSM have a 1 in 4 risk. In 2019, 37% of diagnosed infections in the U.S. among men who have sex with men were among Black men; 32% were among Hispanic or Latino men. Other HIV risk factors include: • Having sex without using a condom • Having unprotected • Having more than one partner or anonymous partners • U...

Just under 1.2 million people in the United States acquired HIV as of 2019, according to the HIV is more common than average in men who have sex with men (MSM). In 2019, 65 percent of new HIV diagnoses were in gay men, bisexual men, or other MSM, per the CDC. Here’s a look at why MSM have a higher risk of contracting HIV, as well as steps to prevent transmission. Around the world, MSM are In the United States, gay men, bisexual men, and other MSM account for the majority of new HIV diagnoses. Because HIV is more common among MSM, these men are more likely to have sex with someone who has the virus. Several other factors also raise the chances of transmission across MSM. HIV can be transmitted through contact with virus-containing: • blood • semen (including pre-seminal fluids, also known as “pre-ejaculate” or “pre-cum”) • vaginal fluids • breast milk Some people contract the virus when they have sex without a condom or other barrier method. Still, this isn’t the only way to contract HIV. The virus can be transmitted when someone with HIV shares needles, syringes, or other drug equipment with another person. HIV can also be passed from a mother to child during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding. Some people have contracted HIV after a blood transfusion or organ transplant that contained the virus. But because donor blood and organs have been routinely tested for HIV since 1985, the chance of this happening today is very low. HIV disproportionately affects certain MSM p...