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Virus Transmission of HIV |
Did you know the HIV virus is able to reach the genital skin layer healthy woman , to reach immune cells within four hours . It is based on the identification by U.S. researchers in the field of health .
Based on previous findings , normally lining the vagina zone may inhibit effective HIV virus during sexual activity . This is because when the sexual activity took place , a large number of HIV virus can not reach the network contained in the body .
But from the results of research conducted by the Faculty of Medicine of Northwestern University , HIV can normally reach the healthy genital tissue , into the deepest part of the vagina and form the body's immune cells and spread to the vagina neck .
Head of the investigation , which is also a Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology Sciences in San Francisco , Thomas Hope said the discovery is an important result to note and outside of some scientists estimate .
" We gain a new understanding of how HIV can be spread on female genital zone . Until today , scientists do not have an idea about the details of how sexual transmission of HIV actually works , the mechanism is still unclear, " he said , as quoted by of Sexual Health , Friday ( 23/01/2009 ) .
Expected from these new discoveries , develop new inventions and new vaccination existence mikrobasida to help and protect women against HIV . Based on data from Center for Disease Control and Prevention noted , the majority of HIV infections occur in women with estimates of as many as 56,300 new infections per year , and 26 percent were new cases of HIV .
" We need new prevention strategies or therapies to block the entrance of the HIV virus through genital skin woman and so far , condoms are 100 percent effective still able to block viral entry . Yet we still concerned because the general public is not likely to use condoms for any other reason and culture , " Hope added .
Sources : okezone.com