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Transmission Of Hiv Infection Statistics In Africa
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transmission risk (HIV STATISTICS)Dear Dr. Bob,Just over 3 weeks ago, I did something extremely out of character for which I shall always be ashamed. On a bachelor party, I visited a strip club/brothel and whilst extremely intoxicated over the course of several hours and despite...
Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation
Hi,You are correct on many aspects of your post. The statistical estimates of risk per-act for various sexual activities are indeed generated from epidemiological studies. These statistical risk estimates give some general idea of level of risk,...
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Interpreting HIV and testing statistics (HIV STATISTICS)Greetings. I recently tested HIV+ on a rapid blood test, and am awaiting Western Blot results.... Read more »Confused in Fort Worth (HIV STATISTICS, 2009)(HIV STATISTICS, 2009)Hey there Doctor Frascino,Been on your site over the years and am still a bit confused and... Read more »
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South Africa: Statistics SA "Buried" Death Report, Says Treatment Action CampaignSpeaking at the close of a three-day conference on HIV and TB in Cape Town recently, Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) Chairperson Zackie Achmat slammed official statistics agency Statistics SA for the "surreptitious" release of its latest report on... Read more »
Condom Failure Among Men Receiving Sexually Transmissible Infection Clinic Services, Cape Town, South AfricaWhile condoms offer "the most realistic and available protection" against STDs and HIV, the authors noted that these benefits are compromised if the condom breaks or tears. In the current study, the researchers set out to examine condom failure and... Read more »
HIV Infections Attributed to Male-to-Male Sexual Contact -- Metropolitan Statistical Areas, United States and Puerto Rico, 2010Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections attributed to male-to-male sexual contact comprised 64% of the estimated new HIV infections in the United States in 2009. 1 Assessing the geographic distribution of HIV infection by transmission... Read more »
"Gloomy" HIV/AIDS Statistics Cited at South African AIDS Conference; Demonstrators Criticize Government InactionResearchers yesterday at the South African AIDS Conference 2003 in Durban, South Africa, presented "gloomy" statistics on HIV/AIDS prevalence in South Africa, showing that of the 14,000 people newly infected with HIV worldwide each day, 600 are in... Read more »
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HIV statistics
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
Hello, How the numbers compiled for HIV stats worldwide etc. Or more to the point how do they know how it was caught, i.e hetro sex, gay sex, drug use etc Do they rely on the persons hoensty for this? For examle a hetro guy could go with men but not... Read more » CDC's "HIV per 10,000 expoaures"...old statistics?
Posted by rlimbo, 1 Reply
I haven't been able to find the "per 10,000 exposures" table on theCDC website, just references to those statistics, which doesn't say when the statistics were published.If HIV is an non-contagious as it is, how is it such a problem, especially in... Read more » Real Statistics
Posted by Anonymous
Hello everyone-Now lets all think about this HIV thing with a clear realistic head for a minute.. There are an estimated 950,000-1M cases of HIV/AIDS in North America including Canada. There are an estimated 40K new cases each year ( CDC-but who... Read more » HIV Statistics
Posted by Anonymous
Where can I find statistics on HIV infection in the Navy broken down to different demographic levels? In particular, the number of women that are in the navy and have HIV.Read more »
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