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Date Added to Site: 25th January 2007 |
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Short Summary
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HIV, AIDS and Women who Have Sex with Women (in Spanish)
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Peixoto Caldas, J. M. and Gessolo, K. M. |
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December 2002 |
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AidsPortugal.com and AidsCongress.net |
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Sidanet
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Short Summary
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Although sex between women is considered lower risk than heterosexual sex, it can still transmit HIV. Women who have sex with women (WSW) can reduce the risk of contracting HIV by being aware of their own HIV status and revealing it to their partner. This can help encourage negative women to modify their sexual behaviour to reduce their risk of infection, and positive women to modify behaviour to reduce risk of transmission. Other recommendations include to use condoms during any genital contact with men, or when sharing sex toys, and to use a latex barrier when having oral sex with women or men. It is vital that health professionals remember that the sexual identity of a person does not necessarily predict their behaviour (for example some lesbian women may also sleep with men), and that any preventive measure targeting WSW must take into account possible risky behaviour, such as the use of injectable drugs and unprotected sex with men.
Original title in Spanish: El VIH, el SIDA y las mujeres que tienen relaciones sexuales con mujeres (WSW).
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| Complete Document |
 http://www.aidscongress.net/article.php?id_comunicacao=175
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