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  2. Needlestick injury - Wikipedia

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    The transmission rate of hepatitis C has been reported at 1.8%, [10] but newer, larger surveys have shown only a 0.5% transmission rate. [11] The overall risk of HIV infection after percutaneous exposure to HIV-infected material in the health care setting is 0.3%. [2]

  3. 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]

  4. HIV - Wikipedia

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    HIV-1 is more virulent and more infective than HIV-2, [20] and is the cause of the majority of HIV infections globally. The lower infectivity of HIV-2, compared to HIV-1, implies that fewer of those exposed to HIV-2 will be infected per exposure. Due to its relatively poor capacity for transmission, HIV-2 is largely confined to West Africa. [21]

  5. CDC says it's identified 1st documented cases of HIV ...

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    Although HIV transmission from contaminated blood through unsterile injection is a well-known risk, the report said this is the first documentation of probable infections involving cosmetic services. Many popular cosmetic treatments are delivered with needles, such as Botox to iron out wrinkles and fillers to plump lips.

  6. First cases of HIV transmission through cosmetic injection ...

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    Three women who had so-called “vampire facials” at a New Mexico spa appear to have been infected with HIV, marking the first cases of the disease being spread through cosmetic injection ...

  7. CDC says it's identified 1st documented cases of HIV ... - AOL

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    Although HIV transmission from contaminated blood through unsterile injection is a well-known risk, the report said this is the first documentation of probable infections involving cosmetic ...

  8. HIV/AIDS - Wikipedia

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    Criminal transmission of HIV is the intentional or reckless infection of a person with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Some countries or jurisdictions, including some areas of the United States, have laws that criminalize HIV transmission or exposure. [298] Others may charge the accused under laws enacted before the HIV pandemic.

  9. History of HIV/AIDS - Wikipedia

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    According to the natural transfer theory (also called "hunter theory" or "bushmeat theory"), in the "simplest and most plausible explanation for the cross-species transmission" [10] of SIV or HIV (post mutation), the virus was transmitted from an ape or monkey to a human when a hunter was cut or otherwise injured while hunting or butchering an ...

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