HIV/AIDS Risk Factors
HIV-infected injection drug-using women engage in risky sex with HIV-uninfected men
Published in AIDS Weekly, August 21st, 2006
"We investigated the characteristics of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive injection drug-using women who reported unprotected vaginal and/or anal sex with HIV-negative or unknown serostatus (serodiscordant) male partners.
"Of 426 female study participants, 370 were sexually active. Of these women, 39% (144/370) and 40% (148/370) reported vaginal and/or anal sex with serodiscordant main and casual partners, respectively," scientists in South Africa report.
According to M.H. Latka and colleagues at the University of Kwa...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2006-08-21)
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