INTRODUCTION Intrapersonal touch is a powerful tool for communicating emotions and can among many things evoke feelings of eroticism and sexual arousal. The peripheral neural mechanisms of erotic touch signaling have been less studied. C tactile afferents (unmyelinated low-threshold mechanoreceptors), known to underpin pleasant aspects of touch processing, have been posited to play an important...

A case of transmission of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) associated retrovirus (ARV) by brachioproctic eroticism is described.