Document 0886
 DOCN  M9460886
 TI    Transmission of human immunodeficiency virus infection presumed to have
       occurred via female homosexual contact.
 DT    9404
 AU    Rich JD; Buck A; Tuomala RE; Kazanjian PH; Department of Medicine,
       Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston,; Massachusetts 02115.
 SO    Clin Infect Dis. 1993 Dec;17(6):1003-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94154097
 AB    We describe a 24-year-old woman infected with the human immunodeficiency
       virus (HIV) whose sole risk behavior was prior sexual contact with an
       HIV-infected woman. Our patient's clinical course suggests that viral
       transmission occurred during the beginning of their sexual relationship.
       Our case, combined with those previously reported, provides evidence
       that female homosexual activity can be a risk behavior for acquisition
       of HIV infection. Seroprevalence studies, however, have not provided
       evidence for transmission of HIV by this behavior. These studies,
       combined with the sparse number of individual case reports, suggest that
       female homosexual activity is an inefficient mechanism of HIV
       transmission.
 DE    Adult  Case Report  Female  *Homosexuality  Human  HIV
       Infections/*TRANSMISSION  Risk Factors  Risk-Taking  Sexual Partners
       JOURNAL ARTICLE  REVIEW  REVIEW OF REPORTED CASES

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