Is it true that a woman who is HIV positive can not give her partner the virus unless they both have open sore

My niece was told by her HIV counselor that she can not spread the virus unless her and her partner both have open sores in their genital area, is this true?Is it true that a woman who is HIV positive can not give her partner the virus unless they both have open sore
No this is not true. The virus is passed through vaginal fluids and semen as well as blood.Is it true that a woman who is HIV positive can not give her partner the virus unless they both have open sore
No, this is not true. You definitely do not have to have open sores on the genitals in order to transmit HIV through sexual intercourse.





Having genital sores or ulcers is only one factor out of many that can INCREASE THE CHANCES of transmitting HIV through unprotected sex.





Your niece possibly misunderstood what the counselor was saying.
true but your conselor is correct in one way, the reason it is spread globably is through chancroid female to male, that increases the risk, for one female to male transmission barely exist in the us, with out an open sore present, or if the partner who doesn't have has had a clymadia/gonnorhea/syphills infection that isn't treated and thats what increases the risk double, bottom line hiv doesn't survive well in the vagina period
No way to know for sure, but it definitely increases the risk. Blood can enter mucous membranes, so theoretically only one person would have to have a sore or small amounts of blood.





There are hundreds of thousands of female to male transmissions across the globe - it's hard to think every single one of them have had both partners with sores!
No, that's not true.