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Sexual behavior, contraception and the risk of contracting HIV
Author(s) -
Baulieu E.E.,
Benagiano G.,
Brosens I.,
Fraser I.,
Goldzieher J.W.,
Hammerstein J.,
Haspels A.,
Johannisson E.,
Lunenfeld B.,
Mizuno M.,
Potts M.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(93)90366-5
Subject(s) - medicine , pill , condom , gynecology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , family planning , family medicine , developed country , population , oral contraception , obstetrics , research methodology , environmental health , nursing , syphilis
Recently, concern has been expressed on a possible association between the use of oral contraceptive pills (OCs) and an increased risk of contracting the HIV infection. As a consequence it has been postulated that a low prevalence of condom use due to wide‐spread utilization of oral contraceptive pills would result in an acceleration of the spread of AIDS. The International Committee for Research in Reproduction (ICRR) a group of eleven experts in the field of gynecology, endocrinology and contraception, wishes to comment on the concerns raised about OC use and AIDS.