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The memorial for Howie was held yesterday at Fort Mason in SanFrancisco and his ashes were scattered in the Bay with a regatta of sailboats racing offshore - just as Howie planned. The memorial was sad but also had some funny moments and the love in that room was palpable.
A study by Univ. California SanFrancisco of 239 HIV-negative men who only had oral sex with men (over 30% of which had ejaculation in their mouths) over a ten year period showed a 0% rate of transmission. Oral sex is not a risk for HIV transmission.
The University of California San Francisco and the SanFrancisco Dept. of Public Health just completed a study of men in SanFrancisco who have only had oral sex and found zero new HIV infections. A very recent study from Spain confirmed earlier studies that oral sex is safe sex in terms of HIV. However, there are case reports and individual experiences that support that HIV can be transmitted through oral sex, although rarely.
The memorial for Howie was held yesterday at Fort Mason in San Francisco and his ashes were scattered in the Bay with a regatta of sailboats racing offshore - just as Howie planned. The memorial was sad but also had some funny moments and the love in that room was palpable.
I was discussing the long-term viability of HCV on environmental surfaces with another member in the forum today; I was convinced that the virus wasn’t viable for greater than 4 days under these circumstances.
This just came across my inbox from hivandhepatitis.com; it was reported in the CROI conference last week in San Francisco…I thought it was very interesting.