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condoms only 87% effective against hiv?
According to a report carried on the website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, condoms are only 85 to 87 percent effective against HIV transmission. However, a revised estimate carried in a bulletin of the World Health Organization sets the estimate of effectiveness at 80 percent.
I also read that the virus is actually smaller than the pores in condoms which is why condoms are not 100% effective even if used properly?
I also read that the virus is actually smaller than the pores in condoms which is why condoms are not 100% effective even if used properly?
Oops, I apologize Teak. Thank you so much for pointing that out. I just found some more updated articles that do say the pores are small enough to protect you.
"Myth #2: HIV can pass through condoms
A commonly held misperception is that latex condoms contain "holes" that allow passage of HIV. Although this may be true for natural membrane condoms, laboratory studies show that intact latex condoms provide a continuous barrier to microorganisms, including HIV, as well as sperm."
"Myth #2: HIV can pass through condoms
A commonly held misperception is that latex condoms contain "holes" that allow passage of HIV. Although this may be true for natural membrane condoms, laboratory studies show that intact latex condoms provide a continuous barrier to microorganisms, including HIV, as well as sperm."
Why don't you cut and past and article that is up to date. The one you posted is almost 13 years old.
AU - Carey RF. et al.
TI - Effectiveness of latex condoms as a barrier to human
immunodeficiency virus-sized particles under conditions of
simulated use [see comments]
AB - Condoms were tested in an in vitro system simulating key
physical conditions that can influence viral particle leakage
through condoms during actual coitus. The system quantitatively
addresses pressure, pH, temperature, surfactant properties, and
anatomical geometry. A suspension of fluorescence-labeled, 110-nm
polystyrene microspheres models free human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV) in semen, and condom leakage is detected spectrofluoro-
metrically. Leakage of HIV-sized particles through latex condoms
was detectable (P less than 0.03) for as many as 29 of the condoms
tested. Worst-case condom barrier effectiveness (fluid transfer
prevention), however, is shown to be at least 10(4) times better
than not using a condom at all, suggesting that condom use
substantially reduces but does not eliminate the risk of HIV
transmission.
SO - Sex Transm Dis 1992 Jul-Aug;19(4):230-4
TI - Effectiveness of latex condoms as a barrier to human
immunodeficiency virus-sized particles under conditions of
simulated use [see comments]
AB - Condoms were tested in an in vitro system simulating key
physical conditions that can influence viral particle leakage
through condoms during actual coitus. The system quantitatively
addresses pressure, pH, temperature, surfactant properties, and
anatomical geometry. A suspension of fluorescence-labeled, 110-nm
polystyrene microspheres models free human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV) in semen, and condom leakage is detected spectrofluoro-
metrically. Leakage of HIV-sized particles through latex condoms
was detectable (P less than 0.03) for as many as 29 of the condoms
tested. Worst-case condom barrier effectiveness (fluid transfer
prevention), however, is shown to be at least 10(4) times better
than not using a condom at all, suggesting that condom use
substantially reduces but does not eliminate the risk of HIV
transmission.
SO - Sex Transm Dis 1992 Jul-Aug;19(4):230-4
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