Xref: utzoo sci.med.aids:1398 soc.motss:20911 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!ucla-cs!rjw@PacBell.COM From: rjw@PacBell.COM (Rod Williams) Newsgroups: sci.med.aids,soc.motss Subject: HIV Transmission Linked to Oral Sex Message-ID: <27677@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> Date: 3 Oct 89 13:52:36 GMT Sender: news@CS.UCLA.EDU Followup-To: sci.med.aids Organization: Pacific Bell Enclave at Bellcore Lines: 13 Approved: aids@cs.ucla.edu Archive-number: 1293 The New York Times (via AP) reports today (10/3) that the San Francisco Health Department has documented two cases in which men have become infected with HIV through oral sex. This is apparently the first time that such transmission has been documented in a 'major study', according to Dr. George Rutherford, head of the department's AIDS office. Both men who tested HIV-positive had reported having provided oral sex to numerous partners. The article didn't say whether the oral sex was male-male or male-female. -- Rod Williams * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Bellcore * Don't hang about in the closet - * Piscataway, New Jersey * Wear yourself out! *