Despicable Me,

In re-reading my response to your post, I should have been a little bit more clear explaining myself and I could not find the edit button, so I decided to write a follow-up post. The needle sticks stat I referred to was in regard to accidental dirty needle sticks by hospital employees after using a needle on HIV positive patients, and the stat I cited was based on data collected over time from incident reports and follow up.

The reason I brought the stat up at all was to demonstrate that HIV is not as easily transmittable as some people might assume, and I wanted a statistic to quantify this point instead of just simply stating it. Of course, this doesn't and shouldn't lessen the vigilance people must take in avoiding HIV infection, and transmission is clearly a major problem as HIV rates around the world indicate, but again, the probability of female to male transmission, esp. in a one-time sexual encounter, is generally considered to be very low. As I stated above, I hope this helps put your mind at ease a little, and again, wishing the best to you.