Female-to-Male HIV Transmission Risk Doubles During Pregnancy

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When both partners are HIV positive, it might still be sensible for them not to engage in frequent unprotected sex, because there might be a small risk of one re-infecting the other with a different strain of HIV.
If a couple do decide to try conceiving a child by unprotected sex then they should seek advice on how to limit the risk to each other and to their baby. It is worth noting that someone is less likely to transmit HIV if they are receiving effective antiretroviral treatment, and also if neither they nor their partner has any other sexually transmitted infections. In addition, by limiting unprotected sex to the time of ovulation, a couple can reduce the number of opportunities for HIV to be transmitted between them.
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Marc of CA 2:08AM January 14, 2011

With couples that had the most unprotected sex, there would have been both more pregancies and more HIV transmissions. So most likely there was more HIV transmissions with couples where there was a prenancy because on the whole those couples had more unprotected sex.

Rob of TN 7:20PM May 24, 2010

The data shows that circumcision status had no impact on the rate of HIV infection. These findings reduce the efficacy of male circumcision as a means to combat HIV infection in men as reported in the three Africa trials. In other words, male circumcision is not as effective as many would have people believe.

Restoring Tally of TN 8:59PM May 23, 2010