A Texas woman apparently contracted HIV through sexual contact with another woman, the Centers for Disease Control reported Thursday, a rare female-to-female transmission of the virus.
Testing confirmed the 46-year-old woman with newly diagnosed HIV "had a virus virtually identical to that of her female partner, who was diagnosed previously with HIV and who had stopped receiving antiretroviral treatment in 2010,"according to the CDC's Weekly Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
HIV transmission through female-to-female sexual contact "has been reported rarely and is difficult to ascertain," officials said.
Past confirmation of such transmission "has been difficult because other risk factors almost always are present or cannot be ruled out," the report said. "In this case, other risk factors for HIV transmission were not reported by the newly infected woman, and the viruses infecting the two women were virtually identical.
The woman is believed to have been infected by her 43-year-old sexual partner, the CDC said. She told officials the woman was her only sexual partner during the six months before she tested positive.
The couple said they routinely had unprotected sexual contact and shared sex toys between them. At times, the contact was "rough to the point of inducing bleeding in either woman," according to the CDC. The women said some of the unprotected sexual contact occurred during menstruation.
the couple said they routinely had unprotected sexual contact and shared sex toys between them. At times, the contact was "rough to the point of inducing bleeding in either woman," according to the cdc. The women said some of the unprotected sexual contact occurred during menstruation.
Why is it rare?
Obviously the transmission occurred through blood-blood contact.
That's like (after sexual contact) the most common way of contracting HIV?
Why is it rare?
Obviously the transmission occurred through blood-blood contact.
That's like (after sexual contact) the most common way of contracting HIV?
Transmission via female to female sex.....it's very, very rare. I hope I don't have to explain why.
omg the last part