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Worried about HIV Exposure

Hi:
I live in central america. Guatemala
Im worried about my HIV exposure risks.
2 days ago y visited an exclusive strip club(I dont know if the fact it  was exclusive has anyhting to do with it, im guessing the higher you have to pay the less often they have sex).
To make the long story short i had sex with one of the girls.  During intercourse(vaginal sex) i noticed my condom slipped.  It was probably only for a couple of seconds. So I threw it away and put on a new one.  But im sure there was some contact, not 100% sure there was penetration.  we had sex for a little while more with protection. and stopped.
we had oral sex. with a condom.
we had no anal sex.
She swears she doesnt have anyhting and hadnt had a cliento for about 2 weeks. They get monthly check ups at the place.

1)How high is my risk of having HIV.  Its the first time I have sex with a prostitute.  (and believe me..the last...its not worth the troubles)
2) I swim a lot. If there are other people in the pool. Can they get infected incase i have something? in case i have sores or someting.

Thanks.

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Just one more question.  You put the risks as 1 to 1200 as a worst case scenario.  What would you define as a worst case scenario?  That the whole thing would have been unprotected?
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Thank you for you time and advice.  
The last couple of days have been a little stressful and my head spins with a millions different scenarios.  
You think I can relax and not expect the worst?
How about swimming? Is it ok? My main concern is other people in the pool.

Thank you very much.
Sorry about my english.  Not my first language.



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Good Afternoon!

I think you're assumptions that the higher the price the safer the sex worker is probably correct from the limited data available on that.

I believe the chances of meeting a sex worker in that sort of envirnoment with HIV is still remote - even though obviously she was a sex worker.

Also, the overall chances in the worst case scenario would be of the order of 1 in 1200 or so per episode.

Overall I think it unlikley that you would pick up HIV this way for the reasons given, BUT I would encourage you to get tested for HIV at 28 days post exposure using a combined HIV 1 AND 2 antibody and p24 antigen test and also STD testing.

best wishes, Sean
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