mwfolsom%hydra.unm.edu@ariel.unm.edu (Mike Folsom) (10/19/90)
I just had a chance to hear this weeks edition of the radio show "This way out". In it there was a story about HIV transmission by oral sex. They quoted from an a study done in San Fran which said that 17% of the HIV+ individuals stated that they had only oral sex, either active or passive, and concluded that these individuals seroconverted because of oral sex. Does anyone know anything about this study? The only other facts they gave were that the study was reported at the Annual Conference of the American Public Health Association in N. Y. City. They also had a very short interview with an author of the study, a fellow named Warren Winklesteen (sp) of U. C. Berkley. I'm very curious about the particulars of this study and how to evaluate its findings. From what I have been reading on both of these news groups I was comming (no pun intended) to the conclusion that oral sex, especially if certian guidelines were followed (e.g. no tears or abrasions in the mouth, no ejaculation in the mouth, e.t.c.) was much less dangerous than the 17% figure cited in this study. Michael -- Michael W. Folsom Dept. of Biology Univ. of New Mexico (mwfolsom@unmvm) 505-766-9327 res Albuquerque, NM 87131 ( " @unmvm.unm.edu) 505-277-3505 lab