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Filters Content type: News, Editors' picks Topic: The biology of HIV transmission

Research and information about the biology and mechanisms of HIV transmission, including the precise conditions in which HIV can or cannot be passed on.

Transmission & prevention

BHIVA: Recent gay seroconverters explain why they became HIV-infected

News
6 April 2006
The biology of HIV transmission

Genital shedding of HIV fluctuates with a woman's menstrual cycle

News
7 June 2004
Contraception

Contraception and women's HIV risks

News
22 January 2003
Sexual transmission

Oral sex has near-zero HIV risk according to new San Francisco study

News
8 November 2002
Sexual transmission

US study finds genital herpes near doubles risk of acquiring HIV in gay men

News
29 September 2002
Sexual transmission

Recent infection with genital herpes increases chances of HIV seroconversion

News
5 September 2002
Circumcision

Cells in foreskin vulnerable to HIV infection

News
5 September 2002
Sexual transmission

Oral sex cannot be linked to new HIV infection in 10 year Spanish couples study

News
5 June 2002
Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

Viral load critical in heterosexual transmission

News
5 March 2001
Sexual transmission

'Bareback' sex ten times more risky for passive partner of HIV+ man than active partner

News
5 March 2001