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Dear Dr
From your advice, it seems that HIV is actually not that an infectious a virus in comparison to others. ie, it is actually quite hard to catch sexually.
My question pertains to the high prevelance in southern africa, some quoate as high as 30%
To me this just does not seem to add up. these numbers suggest a very infectious disease?
can you please explain this??
From your advice, it seems that HIV is actually not that an infectious a virus in comparison to others. ie, it is actually quite hard to catch sexually.
My question pertains to the high prevelance in southern africa, some quoate as high as 30%
To me this just does not seem to add up. these numbers suggest a very infectious disease?
can you please explain this??
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HIV is not as easy to aquire as STD's but by no means would I use the word hard to catch. You have to understand that in Africa you are basically talking about where HIV started and a very very poor nation. Combine that along with lack of education, medical resources (treatment and testing) then your talking about a high percentage no matter what.
This link gives a resource http://www.avert.org/worldstats.htm
HIV is not as easy to aquire as STD's but by no means would I use the word hard to catch. You have to understand that in Africa you are basically talking about where HIV started and a very very poor nation. Combine that along with lack of education, medical resources (treatment and testing) then your talking about a high percentage no matter what.
This link gives a resource http://www.avert.org/worldstats.htm
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