Virus du sida ne se transmet pas en pénétrant dans le bureau d'une collègue [inscribed]

Item Overview

Title

Virus du sida ne se transmet pas en pénétrant dans le bureau d'une collègue [inscribed]

Alternative title

AIDS virus is not transmitted by penetrating the office of a female colleague

Date

2001

Place of Origin

[France]

Publisher

Aides (Association)

Language

French

Collection

AIDS Posters Collection

Notes

Description

Poster held by Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library. History & Special Collections, Collection no. 306, item FR059.
Depicts a door handle covered by a condom. Poster addresses a misperception about the transmission of the AIDS virus. Poster suggests through the image (suggestive representation of a penis) and text (penetrating) the actual mode of transmission of the AIDS virus through sex, and the importance of using a condom as protection.

Physical Description

Dimensions

41 x 61 cm. (16 x 24 in.)

Keywords

Genre

posters

Location

France

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Sex
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--transmission
Condoms
Door handles
AIDS (Disease)--Transmission