the transmission of AIDS through direct sexual contact has been pretty well established and another direct route, parenteral, has been known to cause the same, but how about an indirect route? Vectors? Mosquitos have been known to transmit blood borne disease; has there been any case where a vector transmitted this disease?
great lectures! Kudos!
though, i must admit, some videos could have better audio.
not sure if i said it, and probably is very difficult to prove a case, some reports have shown hiv in saliva, nobody is bold enough to tell you that you cannot transmit it by giving oral sex, that's why "body fluids" has been the catch phrase
Yes, understood...politically correct...social correlation...lifestyle correlation...that kind of thing. This is pathology with pathogenesis, etio, etc... so will focus on these things.
But then, this makes me think that why would saliva be spared if the virus was also present in other bodily fluids? There is no strainer or saliva-blood barrier against the virus. Just my thought.
Thanks for your help for going through this chapter. Lots of heavy materials to digest.
To become infected with HIV you must get a sufficient quantity of the virus into your body. Saliva does contain HIV, but the virus is only present in very small quantities and as such cannot cause HIV infection.
Unless both partners have large open sores in their mouths, or severely bleeding gums, there is no transmission risk from mouth-to-mouth kissing.
the transmission of AIDS through direct sexual contact has been pretty well established and another direct route, parenteral, has been known to cause the same, but how about an indirect route? Vectors? Mosquitos have been known to transmit blood borne disease; has there been any case where a vector transmitted this disease?
great lectures! Kudos!
though, i must admit, some videos could have better audio.
babydoc2011 1 year ago
@babydoc2011
I found very interesting article about that Q on Google :
Why Mosquitoes Cannot Transmit AIDS [HIV virus]
Hope it will help
LibraSagitarius20 9 months ago 2
okstin, the response is in the answer the Prof. wrote. isn't it..
argamangmail 2 years ago
not sure if i said it, and probably is very difficult to prove a case, some reports have shown hiv in saliva, nobody is bold enough to tell you that you cannot transmit it by giving oral sex, that's why "body fluids" has been the catch phrase
WashingtonDeceit 2 years ago
Yes, understood...politically correct...social correlation...lifestyle correlation...that kind of thing. This is pathology with pathogenesis, etio, etc... so will focus on these things.
But then, this makes me think that why would saliva be spared if the virus was also present in other bodily fluids? There is no strainer or saliva-blood barrier against the virus. Just my thought.
Thanks for your help for going through this chapter. Lots of heavy materials to digest.
Marieannie2 2 years ago
@Marieannie2
To become infected with HIV you must get a sufficient quantity of the virus into your body. Saliva does contain HIV, but the virus is only present in very small quantities and as such cannot cause HIV infection.
Unless both partners have large open sores in their mouths, or severely bleeding gums, there is no transmission risk from mouth-to-mouth kissing.
LibraSagitarius20 9 months ago
Did u say that HIV can be transmitted thru the saliva ? Isnt it still controversial ?
okstin 2 years ago