{"id":5967,"date":"2021-06-01T12:00:42","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T12:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/?page_id=5967"},"modified":"2021-06-17T07:33:55","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T07:33:55","slug":"what-are-the-routes-of-infection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/testing\/what-are-the-routes-of-infection","title":{"rendered":"What are the routes of infection?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Common routes include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Contact with the mucous membranes of genital or anal tissue. A mucous membrane is a type of tissue that is a less effective barrier than skin. The inner foreskin is also a mucous membrane.<\/li>\n<li>Ulcers, sores, scratches, cuts or microabrasions (microscopic cuts) on genital tissue (to the vagina, penis or anal lining).<\/li>\n<li>Any direct route into the bloodstream including cuts in your mouth. Sharing needles and injecting equipment has one of the highest risks of transmitting HIV. This is because there is a direct blood-to-blood route.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The section on <a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/testing\/skin-mucous-membranes-and-hiv-transmission\">skin, mucous membranes and HIV transmission<\/a> show the different cell structures for skin and mucous membranes.<\/p>\n<p>They show why some risks are higher than others and why anal sex has an especially high risk.<\/p>\n<p>They show why uncircumcised men have a higher risk for some types of sex compared to circumcised men.<\/p>\n<p>These drawings show the different biology for penile, vaginal and anal sex. They show why some risks are higher than others and why anal sex has an especially high risk.<\/p>\n<p>They show why an uncircumcised man has a higher risk for some activities compared to a circumcised man.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Common routes include: Contact with the mucous membranes of genital or anal tissue. A mucous membrane is a type of tissue that is a less effective barrier than skin. The inner foreskin is also a mucous membrane. Ulcers, sores, scratches, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":5467,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-guides.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5967","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5967\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}