Heterosexual Transmission of a Murine AIDS Virus

Heterosexual transmission of a murine AIDS virus.

Heterosexual transmission of a murine leukemia virus mixture named LP-BM5 MuLV, which is known as the murine AIDS virus, was investigated. Our results indicated that the heterosexual transmission of LP-BM5 MuLV occurs in both directions with high frequency and that the frequencies of virus transmission in the cervix and penis are higher than those in other genital organs. The results suggested ...

When Sex Equals AIDS: Symbolic Stigma and Heterosexual Adults’ Inaccurate Beliefs About Sexual Transmission of AIDS

Data from an experiment embedded in a national telephone survey of heterosexual, English-speaking U.S. adults (N = 1,283) were used to examine the relationship between manifestations of symbolic stigma and erroneous beliefs about AIDS transmission. Each respondent was presented with three scenarios describing a hypothetical sexual encounter between a protagonist and an HIV-negative or HIVpositi...

Television coverage of AIDS and transmission of the AIDS virus.

The introduction of the government framework " The national strategy for sexual health and HIV " 1 is necessary for attempts to prevent sexual causes of premature death and ill health, at a time when transmission of HIV is at a record level and heterosexual intercourse is the most commonly reported mode of transmission. However, policy formation alone will not be effective in the fight against ...

sexual transmission of hepatitis c virus between hiv infected subjects and their main heterosexual partners

conclusions health care providers need to pay special attention to sexual transmission of hcv among hiv-infected individuals, and should recommend control/preventive measures for hcv sexual transmission. results age of the index samples was 38.71 ± 7 years, and 33.2 ± 6.3 for their main heterosexual partners; the mean duration of sexual relationship for couples was 11.9 (median = 8.5) years. mu...

HIV/AIDS Disease: Transmission Transition