Open AccessWhy Is HIV Rarely Transmitted by Oral Secretions?
Author(s) -
Samuel Baron,
Joyce Poast,
Miles W. Cloyd
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.159.3.303
Subject(s) - saliva , peripheral blood mononuclear cell , virology , virus , immunology , transmission (telecommunications) , biology , medicine , in vitro , biochemistry , electrical engineering , engineering
Oral transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) by the millions of HIV-infected individuals is a rare event, even when infected blood and exudate is present. Saliva of viremic individuals usually contains only noninfectious components of HIV indicating virus breakdown.
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