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Expert: Kristen Brannock, MPH - 9/6/2004


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I performed oral sex on a woman couple of weeks back and now i am worried. I do not know if she was hiv+ but if she was what are the chances of me contracting hiv from her?  

Answer
HIV can be transmitted via oral sex because both semen and vaginal fluid transmit the virus. The mouth is a natural opening into the body where the virus can enter. Although you have put yourself at risk, oral sex does not carry the same amount of risk as unprotected anal and vaginal sex.  

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Kristen Brannock, MPH

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I can answer questions concerning HIV infection and AIDS. This includes ways it can and cannot be transmitted, how it is treated, how it affects the body and methods to protect yourself. I can also answer questions concerning safer sex and contraception.

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I trained with the Red Cross to become an HIV/AIDS counselor and was a member of CARES- Carolina AIDS Resource Education Service in college. I have an MPH in Health Behavior and Health Education and conduct research in the field of HIV prevention. I also take continuing education courses in HIV/STI prevention periodically.

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Master of Public Health Health Behavior and Health Education UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health (formerly UNC-CH School of Public Health)

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