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If aids is transmitted by direct body fluids transfer, how can a man acquire aids/hiv from an infected woman?

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Uncircumcised: Men who are uncircumcised are at higher risk for acquiring HIV from vaginal sex than men who are circumcised. This is because the skin under the foreskin is rich in immune cells that bind the hiv.

Dr Friedlander and another doctor agreed

Answered 11/25/2016

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