Aids Update: Myths And Realities

June, 1986

Some People have the idea that sex causes AIDS. That's not true. Ordinary sexual intercourse doesn't cause AIDS. Homosexual sex doesn't cause AIDS. Anal sex doesn't cause AIDS. Sex with prostitutes doesn't cause AIDS. If partners are free of AIDS, nothing they can do together will cause it.What causes AIDS is a virus---a tiny, delicate shred of genetic material---called HTLV-III/LAV. As far as scientists know today, it can live in only a very limited environment. It prefers one type of cell in o...

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