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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (30651)	4/2/2003 10:36:48 PM
From: Moominoid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Transmission rates for unprotected heterosexual sex are around 0.1% in the middle stages of the disease and I think 0.5% in early infectious and late stages of the disease. Now given that and the low prevalence in most developed countries outside injecting drug-users, homosexual or prostitutes groups the chances of getting it even if someone IS relatively promiscuous are low. That's why I put it on the list of scares with Mad Cow Disease. In Africa it is a very serious problem that is reducing life expectancy and population growth rates significantly and in some Asian countries it may be a general population issue. In China though bad medical practice is a significant cause as it maybe was in Africa in the early stages.