Estimated per act risk for acquisition of HIV-1
by exposure route[23]
Exposure Route Estimated infections per 10,000 exposures to an infected source
Blood Transfusion 9,000
Childbirth 2,500
Needle-sharing injection drug use 67
Receptive anal intercourse* 50
Percutaneous needle stick 30
Receptive penile-vaginal intercourse* 10
Insertive anal intercourse* 6.5
Insertive penile-vaginal intercourse* 5
Receptive fellatio* 1
Insertive fellatio* 0.5
* assuming no condom use
2007-01-01 11:25:22 · 7 answers · asked by unknown 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
Its a ratio not a percentage. remember that.
also, since when did Wikipedia ever become SOLID reliable source?
(i use it frequently though. =( guilty )
2007-01-01 15:39:08 · answer #1 · answered by Panda WafflesZilla 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most people contract it through sex,and others from sharing needles while doing drugs.These are the major ways of getting exposed to hiv.The others can probably be classed as industrial accidents which are minimal anyway.As for anal sex,if one has penetrative anal sex with someone who is a carrier,it is my opinion that they cannot contract the virus,only if they have a laceration,then the virus will have an entrance into their blood stream.With a womans anatomy,i am not quite sure how this occurs.Same goes for shared needles,share a needle with some one who is infected,and the same happens.Well,everybody has sex and there is a great number of youths who are into drug culture and tend to let their guard down a bit ,thats why so many people have hiv in the world today.
2007-01-01 11:48:59 · answer #2 · answered by babyface miller 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wonder where they got those facts. Because, if it's true, it means that, if you're a girl and have sex with a guy who is infected, it means that you only have 0.1 chance of getting infected...
Good question. I would say I really would like to know where they got those numbers, and how they were actually able to get those results.
2007-01-01 14:11:31 · answer #3 · answered by Offkey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
exposure doesnt necessarily mean contract.
it may be a true stat, but that website isnt that credible.
anybody can submit anything on there- I'm not even allowed to use it as a source in college.
2007-01-01 23:06:33 · answer #4 · answered by Iris 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is easy--Wikapedia is not a credible source anyone can go on there and claim what ever they want--go to the government website in your country-- they will have all the stats and it is sad!!! Be careful out there!
2007-01-01 12:20:35 · answer #5 · answered by heynow 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A good question for those chemistry majors out there!!
2007-01-01 11:28:42 · answer #6 · answered by becky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ive looked on it and it seems a bit off...don't go by everything that wikipedia has, it uses alot of plagiarism
2007-01-01 16:42:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋