A 46-year-old lady in the US has procured HIV from her female accomplice in an uncommon instance of female-to-female sexual transmission of the lethal AIDS infection, researchers say. The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that the lady "likely" procured the infection throughout a six-month monogamous association with a 43-year-old HIV-positive lady in Texas.

In August 2012, the Houston division of health reached CDC in regards to the extraordinary transmission of HIV likely by sexual contact between two ladies. Lab testing affirmed that the lady with recently diagnosed HIV contamination had the virus basically indistinguishable to that of her female accomplice, who was diagnosed at one time with HIV and who had quit getting antiretroviral medication in 2010.

The lady with recently procured illness did not report any viable distinguished danger elements for HIV infection, and the infections contaminating the two ladies had 98% succession character in three genes.

Transmission of HIV between ladies who engage in sexual relations with ladies (WSW) has been accounted for infrequently and is troublesome to discover.

The potential for HIV transmission by female-to-female sexual contact incorporates unprotected introduction to vaginal or other body liquids and to blood from monthly cycle, or by getting exposed to blood from trauma throughout unpleasant sex.