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From: ST501020%BROWNVM.BITNET@oac.ucla.edu (Bill Jesdale)
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Subject: Re: (2393) Heterosexual transmission
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While there certainly is well documented evidence of heterosexual
transmission of HIV (some of which is being logged by the New England
Behavioral Health Study based here in Providence, RI), heterosexual
transmission is far from necessary for introduction of the AIDS
epidemic via 'sex holidays' which are very popular among gay men as
well as straight men, and I would expect of less popularity among
straight women and lesbians.
  It is a reasonable hypothesis that HIV infection was introduced to
Haiti (where it has spread fairly widely) through gay men taking 'sex
vacations' from the United States. It is also a reasonable hypothesis
that gay men from the US and Australia have introduced HIV infection
to several south-east asian nations, although the role of sharing
heroin needles probably also caused some people in these coutries
to become infected.

Be Well,
Bill Jesdale, Box 5342, Brown U, Prov, RI 02912.
affiliated with ActUp/RI and the RI Dept of Health.