Non-Sexual Transmission of HIV and Syphilis

¹Former Professor of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Sree Mookambika Institute of Medical Sciences, Kulasekaram, Kanyakumari district, Tamilnadu, India

²Consultant STI and HIV Physician, Shifa Hospitals, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu, 627001, India

*Corresponding Author: Sankaranantham M, Former Professor of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Sree Mookambika Institute of Medical Sciences, Kulasekaram, Kanyakumari district, Tamilnadu, 627001, India; Email: [email protected]

Received Date: February 17, 2023

Published Date: March 31, 2023

Citation: Sankaranantham M. (2023). Non-Sexual Transmission of HIV and Syphilis. Mathews J Case Rep. 8(4):95.

Copyright: Sankaranantham M. © (2023)

ABSTRACT

We all knew that HIV and other STIs are transmitted through sexual contact or through exchange of body fluids like blood, blood products, semen and vaginal fluids, breast milk or through needle sharing, tattoos and vertical transmission. But transmission through skin contact with infectious material (Blood) has negligible risk as per CDC, Atlanta [1]. That too, acquiring two major STIs (Syphilis and HIV) through a single onetime contact with blood is unheard.

Keywords: Non-Sexual, Transmission, HIV, Syphilis