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  2. Circumcision and HIV - Wikipedia

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    Male circumcision reduces the risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission from HIV positive women to men in high risk populations. [1] [2]In 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) reiterated that male circumcision is an efficacious intervention for HIV prevention if carried out by medical professionals under safe conditions. [3]

  3. HIV/AIDS - Wikipedia

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    In settings involving prostitution in low-income countries, risk of female-to-male transmission has been estimated as 2.4% per act, and of male-to-female transmission as 0.05% per act. [60] Risk of transmission increases in the presence of many sexually transmitted infections [66] and genital ulcers. [60]

  4. Women and HIV/AIDS - Wikipedia

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    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) declared "prostitutes" a risk category of contracting HIV. [21] Female (as well as male) drug users were observed to contract the disease. [21] [22] 1983 The NIH began to hire female nurses such as Barbara Fabian Baird to research AIDS. [21] [23] The Women's AIDS Network was established. [21 ...

  5. Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS - Wikipedia

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    HIV transmission occurs largely through heterosexual intercourse. A greater number of people who get infected with HIV/AIDS are heterosexuals. [73] with two-thirds of AIDS cases in this region attributed to this route. Sex between men is also a significant route of transmission, even though it is heavily stigmatized and illegal in many areas.

  6. Sexually transmitted infection - Wikipedia

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    When the HIV infection becomes life-threatening, it is called AIDS. People with AIDS fall prey to opportunistic infections and die as a result. [60] When the disease was first discovered in the 1980s, those who had AIDS were not likely to live longer than a few years. There are now antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) available to treat HIV infections.

  7. The only HIV vaccine in a late-stage trial fails, a major ...

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    So HIV transmission has declined in recent years in large part because of the dramatic scale-up of antiretroviral treatment of the virus, which by 2021 reached 28.7 million people.

  8. HIV - Wikipedia

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    Sexual intercourse is the major mode of HIV transmission. Both X4 and R5 HIV are present in the seminal fluid, which enables the virus to be transmitted from a male to his sexual partner. The virions can then infect numerous cellular targets and disseminate into the whole organism.

  9. 5 Items From the 1970s That Are Worth a Lot of Money - AOL

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    Technically, anything over 20 years old can be coined “vintage.”But when you truly think of items worth this title, your brain doesn’t go to Beanie Babies.