Document 0896
 DOCN  M9590896
 TI    [Condom: its role in the prevention of AIDS]
 DT    9509
 AU    Lestradet H
 SO    Ann Pharm Fr. 1995;53(2):60-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/95283193
 AB    Since no effective vaccination is available, protection is our only arm
       against the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus. For public
       health officials and associations working against the spread of AIDS,
       the contraceptive is the ultimate arm and only generalized use will
       change the course of the pandemia. But because the disease continues to
       advance regularly it would appear necessary to have a second look at the
       official position. Actually, there are two sides to the contraceptive
       picture: 1. a real factor of protection for the healthy man who uses it,
       2. a source of possible contamination of a healthy partner by a
       seropositive man who uses the contraceptive. The user cannot put the
       contraceptive on without touching his sexual organs which have been
       humidified by the pre-ejaculatory secretions which are rich in HIV and
       which are secreted long before complete erection allows him to install
       the contraceptive correctly. The result is that the inside surface of
       the contraceptive will always be more or less contaminated. There is
       therefore a major risk of contamination in certain situations,
       particularly for the virgin woman, before her first sexual intercourse,
       since an open wound is created by the rupture of the hymen. If we truly
       expect to eradicate this disease, the message will have to be changed.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PREVENTION & CONTROL/  TRANSMISSION
       Adolescence  Adult  Case Report  *Contraceptive Devices, Male  English
       Abstract  Female  Human  Infant, Newborn  Male  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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