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TABLE 410-1 -SAFE AND UNSAFE SEXUAL PRACTICES IN ORDER OF "SURENESS" OF SAFETY

  Safe
      
  • Abstinence   
  • Monogamous relationship with confirmed seronegative partner   
  • Manual sex (manual masturbation)   
  • Kissing   
  • Intercourse with latex condom (used in combination with nonoxynol-9)
Unsafe
      
  • Intercourse with "natural skin" condom   
  • Intercourse with latex condom lubricated with petroleum-based lubricants   
  • Unprotected orogenital sex   
  • Unprotected vaginal intercourse   
  • Unprotected anal intercourse