Did you know this about HIV and sexually transmitted infections | I already knew this % | I was not certain about this % | I did not yet know this % | I don’t understand this % | I don’t believe this % |
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HIV cannot be passed during kissing, including deep kissing, because saliva does not transmit HIV (n = 2059) | 77.0 | 17.2 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 3.1 |
You can pick up HIV through your penis while being ‘active’ in unprotected anal or vaginal sex (fucking) with an infected partner, even if you don’t ejaculate (n = 2054) | 93.0 | 5.6 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
You can pick up HIV through your rectum while being ‘passive’ in unprotected anal sex (being fucked) with an infected partner (n = 2058) | 98.0 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Even without ejaculation, oral sex (sucking and being sucked) carries a risk of infection with syphilis or gonorrhoea (n = 2059) | 85.3 | 11.9 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
When HIV infected and uninfected men have sex together, the chances of HIV being passed on are greater if either partner has another sexually transmitted infection (n = 2055) | 49.2 | 23.1 | 24.4 | 1.3 | 1.9 |
Most sexually transmitted infections can be passed on more easily than HIV (n = 2053) | 77.8 | 14.3 | 6.0 | 0.4 | 1.5 |