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Expert: Kristen Brannock, MPH - 8/9/2006


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Hey, i kinda need your input on this one, can aids or hiv be transmitted via oral sex, i.e if the female is giving oral sex to the male (blowjob). will the male be at risk of contracting the virus? also what is the likely hood of this happening? id appreciate your input on this, thankyou

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Yes, HIV can be transmitted through unprotected oral sex. However, not from what you describe- the risk comes from infected semen or vaginal fluid entering the other person's mouth. So if a woman was performing oral sex on a man, the risk would be to her, not to the man.  

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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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