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QUESTION: does a woman who has vaginal odor.which i wasnt aware and was also hesitant to have sex with her.because it foul smell.
later i read that smelly vagina has infection and infection can be HIV and ofcourse i used condom,
still i am at risk?
since smelly vagina means too many partners right so semen is inside her and she might have HIV
and she must be aware that she has smell!isnt that strange


ANSWER: Dear Vishom,

Thank you for your question.

Well as you have used condom so you are free from risk.

And for the odor, there can be three reason:
1. She probably has STI or any kind of bacterial vaginosis infection.  
2. It can happen due to white discharge, which is caused due to fungal infection.
3. It can be a natural, due to food habit or bad hygiene or .

Multiple partners have the tendency of getting HIV, but as long as you are playing safe using a condom.  


NOTE: There are some good and bad bacteria, both of them can be responsible for foul odor.

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QUESTION: Thanks a lot for your email and note,i am stress free.
I also had question about something related to above more.
1.if i fingered her and i didnt put my hand on penis,suppose she had infection hiv.what are my risk after inserting my finger and ofcourse condom was all time there.
2.Also wanted to know about an another incidence where the girl performed oral on me,but i told her to stop without condom,what are the chances of her saliva if she had HIV.transmission to my penis opening.
should i be worried.


Answer
Dear Vishom,

Thanks again.

1. Well, if you have cut in your fingure then yes, there are chance of getting HIV. Because, you need direct contact for infection.

2. Same answer is applicable, if you have open cut in your penis.


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Gorkey.

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Social and behavioral issues related to HIV transmission, sexually transmitted infections, Human Rights issues, rights of marginalized populations, gender and sexuality, research design and analysis related social & behavioral issues, , computer assisted qualitative data analysis and data management (using ATLAS.ti, ANTHROPAC, NVivo 8)

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Specialized in Medical Anthropology. Working on Social and behavioral studies related to HIV transmission as well as Human Rights issues. Specialization in gender, sexuality, masculinity, behavioral studies related to HIV transmission. Qualitative research, programmatic and M&E experience with MSM, hijra (TG), indigenous groups, female sex workers for more than 7 years.

Organizations
International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) as Manager - M&E (Qualitative) with Center for HIV and AIDS

Publications
International peer-reviewed journals & technical papers: (1) Khan, S. I., Hussain, M. I., Parveen, S., Bhuiyan, M. I., Gourab, G., & Bhuiya, A. (2009). Living on the extreme margin: Social exclusion of the hijra in Bangladesh. Journal of health, population and nutrition. (2) Khan, S. I., Hussain, M. I., Gourab, G., Parveen, S., Bhuiyan, M. I., & Sikder, J. (2008). Not to stigmatize but to humanize sexual lives of the transgender (hijra): condom chat in the AIDS era. Journal of LGBT Health Research (Special issue: issues on male sexual behaviors and HIV risk in South Asia). Working papers: (1) Khan, S. I., Gourab, G., Ahmed, T., Sarker, G. F., Chowdhury, F. K., Ghosh, S., et al. (2009). Understanding the operational dynamics and possible HIV interventions for residence-based female sex workers in two divisional cities in Bangladesh. Dhaka, Bangladesh: NASP, Save the Children USA and icddr,b. Presentations in scientific meetings and conferences: (1) Khan, S. I., Hussain, M. I., Gourab, G. & Azim, T. (2011, 16 March 2011). Use of a new approach to count and access diverse groups of hijra for scaling up HIV-preventions services in Bangladesh. Poster presented at the 13th Annual Scientific Conference (ASCON XIII), Dhaka. (2) Khan, S. I., Pasa, K., Gourab, G., & Islam, A. (2007). Indigenous populations of Bangladesh: Living with risks and vulnerabilities to STIs/HIV. 8th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP). Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Education/Credentials
MSS (Anthropology), University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Awards and Honors
The Vanderbilt-UAB Fogarty International Center AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP)Scholarship for the training on HIV-AIDS related qualitative data analysis and manuscript writing (Center for Global Health, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA)

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