werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner) (08/20/85)
I realize that many of you are getting ready to berate me for stating the obvious. But, as of this point, the evidence that AIDS can be transmitted by semen has been only circumstantial, although fairly strong (its spread by sexual transmission and the fact that the virus has been cultured out of semen). However, last week, doctors in Australia reported four cases of women with AIDS whose only risk factor was being artificially inseminated with sprem that was later found to be contaminated. This marks the first time that transmission by semen can be documented in cases where all other modes of transmission (i.e. blood-borne) can be ruled out. I just thought this might also be of interest to those who are still wondering to what rigors medical 'proof' must be subjected to. -- Craig Werner !philabs!aecom!werner "The world is just a straight man for you sometimes"