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If a person who is hiv positive has sexual intercourse with another hiv positive person does it affect them?
7 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Possibly: Hiv infected individuals often carry other sexually transmitted infections such as gonorrhea/chlamydia/hepatitis b/c, trichomonas, bacterial vaginosis etc, so those can be transmitted. Although, the most prevalent viral type of HIV is 1, there is also type 2 HIV virus that is prevalent in certain parts of Africa and is not typical for north america, but coinfection is a possibility, albeit rare.
Answered 3/14/2019
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It can yes: There is a phenomenon known as "swarming". Its the replacement of one strain of HIV for another more virulent one.
Answered 10/24/2017
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