HIV Transmission

CDC Answers Questions About Transmission Via Kissing

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, August 18th, 1997

On the heels of its report of apparent transmission of HIV from an infected man to his uninfected female partner by kissing, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) addressed the expected onslaught on questions in its July 11, 1997 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ("Questions and Answers." MMWR vol. 46/no. 27. July 11, 1997).

How was the female partner exposed'

While the exact route of transmission could not be determined with certainty, the most likely possibility is that the woman was infected through her mucous membrane by exposure to blood in her partner's saliva. This exposure most likely occurred during "deep...

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