tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8229878121183426722.post173371408559864007..comments2023-10-08T12:27:04.050+03:00Comments on HIV in Kenya: Timberg and Halperin's Tinderbox: a Veritable Candle on a Sunny DaySimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13522180315970081603noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8229878121183426722.post-67190019405315130672012-03-06T08:56:20.901+03:002012-03-06T08:56:20.901+03:00Thank you for your comment. There are some interes...Thank you for your comment. There are some interesting links on transmission probabilities for heterosexual sex in the following article:<br /><br />http://blogs.bmj.com/sti/2012/02/26/just-how-infectious-is-hiv/<br /><br />However, there are many factors involved in sexual transmission that might increase the probability. But the blogger you cite is right about one thing; in Western countries, it is unusual for women to transmit HIV to men through heterosexual sex where no major additional risks are involved.<br /><br />The claim that HIV from heterosexual sex is common in India, Thailand and Africa is the very one being contested because people are generally not asked about their non-sexual risks. Here's a short article where it is acknowledged that HIV through unsafe healthcare in India has been ignored:<br /><br />http://ijopp.org/Oct%20-%20Dec,%202011/62-65.pdf<br /><br />In Africa, non-sexual risks are generally ignored because it is assumed, not demonstrated, that almost all HIV transmission is through heterosexual sex.<br /><br />Higher and lower infectiousness of different subtypes has been demonstrated but that is unlikely, on its own, to explain the differences between high and low prevalence zones globally.<br /><br />But remember, you're concentrating on heterosexual transmission, which is inefficient for all HIV subtypes. I'm interested in non-sexual transmission, which can be very efficient when it occurs in healthcare settings; it is probably very efficient for all subtypes.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13522180315970081603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8229878121183426722.post-18126638866836704362012-03-05T23:46:32.728+03:002012-03-05T23:46:32.728+03:00Please allow me to quote a blogger. If you're ...Please allow me to quote a blogger. If you're offended by his language, I apologize. <br /><br />"It’s really hard to get HIV from fucking a woman’s pussy if you’re the guy. It’s possible, probably more likely if she is on her period because there is bleeding and your dick contacts the blood, which has tons of HIV in it. Vaginal secretions have HIV, but only a small amount. It’s hard to transmit HIV from a vagina to someone else.<br /><br />Objections have been raised to this, pointing out that HIV from straight sex is common in India, Thailand and Africa. However, in Thailand and Africa at least, there are completely different forms of HIV than the types of HIV found in the West. Those types seem to be easily transmitted heterosexually, but the type in West seems to be hard to transmit heterosexually."<br /><br />http://robertlindsay.wordpress.com/2010/05/24/how-do-you-get-hiv-anyway/<br /><br />What are your thoughts on the 2nd paragraph?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com