Risk of HIV infection attributable to oral sex among men who have sex with men and in the population of men who have sex with men.
We examined HIV infection and estimated the population-attributable risk percentage (PAR%) for HIV associated fellatio among men who have sex with other men (MSM). Among 239 MSM who practised exclusively fellatio in the past 6 months, 50% had three partners, 98% unprotected; and 28% had an HIV-positive partner; no HIV was detected. PAR%, based on the number of fellatio partners, ranges from 0.10% for one partner to 0.31% for three partners. The risk of HIV attributable to fellatio is extremely low.
Page-Shafer
Kimberly
K
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Shiboski
Caroline H
CH
Osmond
Dennis H
DH
Dilley
James
J
McFarland
Willi
W
Shiboski
Steve C
SC
Klausner
Jeffrey D
JD
Balls
Joyce
J
Greenspan
Deborah
D
Greenspan
John S
JS
D000328:Adult; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012725:Sexual Behavior