The PARTNER 1 and PARTNER 2 studies showed that HIV is not transmitted through condomless vaginal or anal intercourse when a person with HIV is taking antiretroviral treatment and has a fully suppressed viral load (Rodger).Īs the risk of transmission through oral sex is estimated to be much lower than for vaginal and anal intercourse in the absence of antiretroviral therapy, it is implausible that the risk of transmission through oral sex is not affected in the same way as other sexual transmission risks when effective treatment suppresses viral load. Most case reports concern receptive fellatio (‘doing it’) rather than insertive fellatio or cunnilingus.The risk of getting HIV through oral sex is low, but not non-existent, when a person with HIV does not have fully suppressed viral load.
HIV cannot be sexually transmitted by an HIV-positive partner with a fully suppressed viral load.
