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Doctor please can you explain this? husband is hiv positive and the wife is negative with the kids. how possible is this

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This is usual: Even before effective long-term treatment of HIV became available, most hiv-positive husbands in the usa and europe did not infect their wives even if they did not use barrier protection. Other factors contribute to the greater ease of transmission in other settings.

Answered 6/13/2018

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A member asked:

Doctor please can you explain this? husband is hiv positive and the wife is negative with the kids. how possible is this

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