HIV Resistance Through Oral Sex?
A new study suggests repeated exposure can help produce resistant antibodies
Ok, who's first to test this study?
A new study suggests repeated exposure can help produce resistant antibodies
Source: http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2 … h-oral-sexPopSci wrote:
It has long been known that contracting HIV through oral sex is rare. Klara Hasselrot of Stockholm's Karolinska Institutet recently wrapped up a study--detailed in a forthcoming paper in the international AIDS journal AIDS--that might shed some light on why this is. It provides the first-ever evidence that humans can develop resistance to HIV in their saliva.
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The conclusion? "Exposure to HIV, as a consequence of oral intercourse, is sufficient to produce an IgA1-mediated HIV-neutralizing response in the oral mucosa of uninfected men with a male partner." In other words, being exposed to HIV orally can induce an immune response in saliva that neutralizes the virus.
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Ok, who's first to test this study?
