Risk of HIV infection attributable to oral sex among men who have sex with men and in the population of men who have sex with men
Open Access
- 1 November 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in AIDS
- Vol. 16 (17), 2350-2352
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00002030-200211220-00022
Abstract
We examined HIV infection and estimated the population-attributable risk percentage (PAR%) for HIV associated fellatio among men who have sex with other men (MSM). Among 239 MSM who practised exclusively fellatio in the past 6 months, 50% had three partners, 98% unprotected; and 28% had an HIV-positive partner; no HIV was detected. PAR%, based on the number of fellatio partners, ranges from 0.10% for one partner to 0.31% for three partners. The risk of HIV attributable to fellatio is extremely low.Keywords
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