Consequently, there has been a rise in unprotected anal intercourse among men who have sex with men. They are extremely low risk. Alcohol and drug use, and circuit parties, which are primarily attended by those under 25 promotes the rise in unprotected anal intercourse among men who have sex with men. However, it is a myth that only teenagers are engaging in unsafe sex. We have strong evidence from a rise in sexually transmitted diseases across the country that older individuals who at one point had been engaging in safer sex, are relapsing into unsafe sex practices.
Viral load is the amount of the virus present in a cubic millimeter of blood.
On the one hand, it is logical that higher viral loads should result in higher rates of transmission to the extent that antiretroviral therapies lead to reductions in viral load. It makes sense that they might make an individual seminal fluid less infectious. It does NOT mean that there is no minimum level necessary for transmission to occur. Moreover, seminal fluid is what is known as a peripheral blood supply. Concentrations of the virus are always higher in seminal fluid than in a person's central blood supply, like the blood from your arm.