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Research Outline
Prepared for Harry | Delivered November 10, 2019
Vaginal Fluids and STDs
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Goals
To find out whether it is possible to contract sexually transmitted diseases through contact with vaginal fluid or menstrual discharges, and under what conditions.
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Early Findings
Some diseases can be spread through contact of the mouth, nose, throat or sexual organs with
bodily fluids
such as vaginal fluids.
These include hepatitis
B, HIV, and CMV.
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis B or HBV can be contracted by a person exposed to body fluids such as
vaginal secretions.
It is a highly
contagious disease
that can spread through contact with the nose, mouth or even eye membranes.
The HBV virus can stay on dried body fluids for 7 days, but can be destroyed by using
chlorine bleach
, rubbing alcohol, or heat.
HIV
HIV is another serious disease that can be carried by
vaginal fluids.
However, to be transmitted, it needs to get into a
person's bloodstream directly.
HIV
cannot be transmitted
through normal contact and can be destroyed outside the body with detergents.
CMV
CMV can be transmitted through
body fluids
without sexual contact, and stay in the body for life as there is no cure for the virus.
Sexual contact with vaginal fluids is
not required
for the person to be infected.
CMV infection affects the
majority of adults
, as the virus can remain dormant.
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