WHITE GAY MEN FUELLING HIV EPIDEMIC
Researchers say that white gay men in Europe are taking too many risks despite years of awareness and education campaigns.
A Belgian study, which was published in the journal BMC Infectious Diseases, found that young white gay men are significantly contributing to the local spread of HIV.
To try and understand why, despite increased education and awareness of HIV, the number of new infections continues to rise each year, researchers from Ghent University compared the genetic information of viruses isolated from more than 500 patients.
The patients were male and female, gay and straight, Caucasian and non-Caucasian – all who were newly diagnosed at an HIV screening clinic between 2001 and 2009. The scientists’ aim was to pinpoint factors contributing to the local spread of HIV in order to inform the development of regional prevention strategies.
“Using genetic profiling techniques we were able to group viruses into ‘clusters’ of highly related variants”, lead researcher Dr. Chris Verhofstede explained. “We … found that clustered viruses are more frequently isolated from young Caucasian men who have sex with men and who have a high prevalence of other sexually transmitted diseases”.
The fact that these men tended to also have other sexually transmitted infections, such as syphilis, further suggested that they are having unprotected sex.
This finding confirms the results of other studies, they added. Verhofstede and colleagues have suggested further research into the issue to help design more targeted prevention programs focused on this group.
A Race to the finish. Its seems Mamba Staff writers enjoy the sensationalism its race-orientated news bits create so here I go a-stirring:
The study is pale in comparison to Black HIV case numbers. Since we are comparing apples with apples why was this not brought to the fore by the staff writer? Or is it truly a case of apples vs oranges. Not only that, the study does not specify the influence of the Eastern European (lesser Teuton) immigration patterns as a contributing factor but also negates the Dutch/Belgian promiscuous behavior contributing to this increase in HIV.
Its also very obvious that the number of illegal African migrants in the Low Countries and generally throughout Europe is the cause of this HIV to start of with.
Sieg Heil
White men and HIV. Gay little young boys in Europe watch porn promoting unprotected sex, dont you think it might have something to do with the increase in HIV amongst them?
you are a stupid narrow minded bastard! wake up apartheid is something from the past, we live in a rainbow nation
Copy and paste. This article was copied almost word for word from another source. It is not trying to give a balanced view of HIV incidence but merely reports the findings of one particular study. What is surprising is that Mamba is not providing credit to the original news source (guardian.co.uk).
Get off your high horses and stop thinking of Mamba as a source of news. It is a source of gossip, pretty pictures and advertising.
Source. Hi Barney, this article – and the one in the Guardian, is based on a press release directly from the journal that is mentioned in the article. This was not “copied and pasted” from the Guardian.
Poor Mamba. I didn’t know that people can be this stupid! Look at these comments, directed at Mamba. Barney obviously does not understand your industry yet feels qualified to make such assertions!
White racist against white? Do more research.
It doesn’t matter what is causing the European gay populace to take such risks; this is just a news article. A report.
Disgusted.
HIV report. Lyle
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I think voicing ones opinion (no matter how narrow minded it may be) is a fundamental right since the Constitution doesnt have an Anti-stupid clause. The comments are not directed towards Mamba but is merely an expression of the peop-hole of that news article…Live and let live a little
Comments. Thanks.
Comments. Sir
You are a true gentleman
My hat off to you
Poor Mamba. And thanks for the good job you keep on doing at Mamba.