Babae, nahawaan ng HIV matapos magpa-manicure!

Ayon sa New York Daily News, isang  22-year-old Brazilian woman ang na-diagnosed ng HIV matapos magpa-manicure gamit ang nagamit nang panglinis ng kuko.

Sabi ng mga doktor, ito raw ngayon ang bagong form para makahawa at makapagpasa ng virus.

Ito rin ang kauna-una­hang kaso na nai-report tungkol dito.

Nadiskubre ng mga eksperto na nakuha ng babae ang virus, sampung taon na ang nakararaan.

“Further genetic analy­sis of the viruses from both patients suggested it came from a common ancestor, indicating the possibili­ty HIV was transmitted through the manicure instru­ments,” paliwanag ng mga doktor.

Ganunpaman, hindi raw dapat mabahala ang mga mahilig magpalinis ng kuko dahil hindi naman daw ito agad-agad na makakahawa.

 “HIV is not transmitted by casual contact, such as sharing eating utensils, or drinking from the same water glass. This transmission of HIV by shared manicure equipment is a very rare event that should serve not to make people fear HIV or contact with HIV-infected people.

“However, the case could promote caution around sharing items which may contain blood.

“It should make people aware that sharing any utensils with possible blood-blood contact, such as needles used for drugs, tattoos, or acupuncture can result in transmission of viruses such as hepatitis C (HCV) and HIV,” dagdag pa ni Dr. Brian Foley, of the HIV Sequence Database at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA.