Condom Use and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Transmission during Foreplay with or without Penetrative Sex; Knowledge and Practice in Benin City, Nigeria Pages 33-35

P.V.O. Lofor1 and A.E. Lofor2

1Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria; 2Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Life Science, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12970/2309-0529.2014.02.01.5

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Abstract: Aims and Objectives: Foreplay with or without penetrative sex has been documented to transmit Human Immunodeficiency Virus (H.I.V). There is little information on condom use and H.I.V transmission following foreplay with or without penetrative sex, with 2.6 million people newly infected with H.I.V. in 2007 in the world. This study therefore assessed H.I.V. transmission risk following foreplay with or without penetrative sex in a group of Nigerians in Benin City.

Patients and Method: Five hundred and sixty-two H.I.V positive patients and five hundred and sixty-two H.I.V negative patients were studied. They were assessed on their knowledge and practice of foreplay with or without penetrative sex and condom use.

Results: Mean age for H.I.V. positive and negative patients were 19 ± 6.7 years and 24 ± 8.4 years respectively. 316 H.I.V positive subjects compared with 48 HI.V. Negative subjects as control engaged in foreplay with or without penetrative sex (P<0.05).

Conclusion: H.I.V. transmission can occur during foreplay with or without penetrative sex as the condom is just only over the phallus and/or vagina.

Keywords: Condom, Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Foreplay, Penetrative Sex, Benin City. Read more