title: [Unprotected fellatio: what are the risks?].
abstract: Unprotected fellatio, which has been practiced by all civilizations since mists of time, is now becoming a cause of concern due to the AIDS epidemic. Most of the sexually transmitted infectious diseases are concerned by fellatio and only few medical studies deal with this topic. This paper is therefore a non exhaustive review of risks brought upon by unprotected fellatio. It is almost impossible to assess the exact risk for a given infection because of the complexity of sexual intercourse, which is rarely exclusively oro-genital.
authors.affiliation: Département de médecine interne, Hôpital neuchâtelois, 2300 La Chaux-de-Fonds. daniel.genne@ne.ch
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Genné
mesh_terms: D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000502:physiology; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D012307:Risk Factors; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000821:virology; D047568:Unsafe Sex