This application is a divisional of application Ser. No. 09/379,289 entitled ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH INCREASED WET BREATHABILITY and filed in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Aug. 23, 1999 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,238,379. The entirety of application Ser. No. 09/379,289 is hereby incorporated by reference. This application is a divisional of application Ser. No. 09/379,289 entitled “ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH INCREASED WET BREATHABLLITY” filed in the U.S. Patent Office on Aug. 23, 1999; that application is a continuation-in-part application claiming the benefit of the filing of pending application Ser. No. 09/139,820 entitled “ABSORBENT ARTICLE HAVING IMPROVED BREATHABILITY” filed in the U.S. Patent Office on Aug. 25, 1998; the filing of pending application Ser. No. 09/328,681 entitled “ABSORBENT ARTICLE HAVING A REDUCED VIABILITY OF CANDIDA ALBICANS” filed in the U.S. Patent Office on Jun. 9, 1999; and the filing of now abandoned application Ser. No. 09/139,824 entitled “ABSORBENT ARTICLE HAVING A HIGH AIR EXCHANGE RATE WHEN WET” filed in the U.S. Patent Office on Aug. 25, 1998 under 35 U.S.C. §120. application Ser. Nos. 09/139,820, 09/328,681 and 09/139,824 are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties.
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