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Author Topic: Risk Factors: Sex, Drugs & Hepatitis C  (Read 6298 times)

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Risk Factors: Sex, Drugs & Hepatitis C
« on: April 01, 2015, 05:47:50 pm »
Condomless receptive intercourse (a.k.a. “bottoming” during anal sex), sexually transmitted infections, fisting and sharing sex toys are all associated with the sexual transmission of hepatitis C. So does sharing straws when snorting drugs.

Source: What is now considered to be the largest-ever case-control study of hep C transmission among HIV-positive men who have sex with men.

For more information: http://www.hepmag.com/articles/HCV_acquisition_MSM_2501_26964.shtml

 


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