How does a condom protect against sexually transmitted diseases?
A condom acts as a barrier or wall to keep blood, or semen, or vaginal fluids from passing from one person to the other during intercourse.
These fluids can harbor germs such as HIV (the AIDS virus). If no condom is used, the germs can pass from the infected partner to the uninfected partner.
Reprinted from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
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