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February 5, 2015 at 4:21 pm
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bobsacamanto
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Thank you for your quick reply.
Regarding your answer to my last question, is 5-10% the estimate for any one sexual encounter or for repeated sexual encounters with this person over the course of a few months? I am assuming my partner is asymptomatic. And I have read that the chance of transmission from any one encounter is 1 in 500, though I am wondering is this is an assumption based on people who aren’t primarily infected.
I am also guessing that since I am a male, that 5-10% assumes proper condom use (which has little effect), correct?