That doesn't mean there wasn't any. Just that they didn't look for it.

I'm putting the citation first. The abstract is below it. The period
was 1967 to 1999, a 32-year period. HIV disease and AIDS began to be
seen in 1981.

In this study, the authors estimated overall and cause-specific
mortality among prostitute women. They recorded information on
prostitute women identified by police and health department
surveillance in Colorado Springs, Colorado, from 1967 to 1999. The
authors assessed cause-specific mortality in this open cohort of 1,969
women using the Social Security Death Index and the National Death
Index, augmented by individual investigations. They identified 117
definite or probable deaths and had sufficient information on 100 to
calculate a crude mortality rate (CMR) of 391 per 100,000 (95%
confidence interval (CI): 314, 471). In comparison with the general
population, the standardized mortality ratio (SMR), adjusted for age
and race, was 1.9 (95% CI: 1.5, 2.3). For the period of presumed
active prostitution only, the CMR was 459 per 100,000 (95% CI: 246,
695) and the SMR was 5.9 (95% CI: 3.2, 9.0). Violence and drug use
were the predominant causes of death, both during periods of
prostitution and during the whole observation period. The CMR for
death by homicide among active prostitutes was 229 per 100,000 (95%
CI: 79, 378), and the SMR was 17.7 (95% CI: 6.2, 29.3). Deaths from
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome occurred exclusively among
prostitutes who admitted to injecting drug use or were inferred to
have a history of it.

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This may be the case as drug users may be less apt to protect
themselves and/or more likely to relinquish the right to safer sex and
the john using a condom in order to obtain drugs. Or they may share
needles which enhance the risk of infection. Other sex workers who are
not injecting are more likely to negotiate safer sex practices.

There's plenty more studies than just these couple that this person
cherry-picked and threw his own convenient spin on. The one below
shows that HIV is one of the higher incidence infections in the cohort
evaluated among various STDs.

But still, relatively low. Many sex workers realize the risks of HIV
disease and have made efforts to respond. In some cultures, this has
resulted in changes in stupid laws against this old practice. In
Calcutta in India, the Sonagachi group of sex workers has organized
and the incidence of HIV has dropped considerably. By contrast, in
Mumbai, where sex workers are persecuted by police and the judicial
system, the incidence is much higher.

As to the frequency of "johns" becoming infected (as opposed to being
the ones who infect the sex workers), I think such a study would be
hard to do. But the last abstract below shows it is not impossible to
at least interview them.

        George M. Carter

**
Gutierrez M, Tajada P, Alvarez A, De Julian R, Baquero M, Soriano V,
Holguin A.  Prevalence of HIV-1 non-B subtypes, syphilis, HTLV, and
hepatitis B and C viruses among immigrant sex workers in Madrid,
Spain. J Med Virol. 2004 Oct 13;74(4):521-527 [Epub ahead of print]

Microbiology Unit, Hospital Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.

Sexually transmitted disease (STD) remains a major public health
challenge in developed countries, exacerbated by the advent of the HIV
epidemic. The objectives of this study were to assess the prevalence
of serological markers of syphilis, HIV-1/2, HTLV-I/II, HBV, and HCV
infections among immigrant sex workers in Madrid, Spain and to
characterize the HIV-1 variants in seropositive individuals. Sera from
762 immigrant commercial sex workers (75.3% from sub-Saharan Africa,
18.2% from South America, and 6.4% from Eastern Europe) were collected
between 1998 and 2003 in Madrid and examined. Antibody detection was
performed by screening assays (RPR, ELISAs) and confirmed by FTA-Abs,
LIAs and Western-blot tests. HIV-1 subtyping was carried out by
phylogenetic analyses of the protease and envelope genes. Antibodies
to HIV-1 were found in 5.2%, while 3.5% tested positive for HBsAg, 3%
for syphilis antibodies, 0.8% for HCV antibodies, and 0.2% for HTLV-I
antibodies. None were reactive for HIV-2 or HTLV-II antibodies. HIV-1
seroprevalence among Africans and Ecuadorians was 4.5 and 10.9%,
respectively. All HIV-1 seropositive Ecuadorians were transsexual men,
and 28.6% had active syphilis infection. Up to 80% of HIV-1 positive
specimens were characterized as non-B subtypes, with subtypes G, A,
and G/A recombinants being the most frequent among African
individuals. In contrast, South Americans with HIV-1 infection carried
exclusively subtype B variants. A relatively high proportion of
immigrant sex workers in Madrid were infected with HIV-1 and syphilis,
whereas infections with hepatitis viruses or HTLV were uncommon. J.
Med. Virol. 74:521-527, 2004. (c) 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

**
Larsen MM, Sartie MT, Musa T, Casey SE, Tommy J, Saldinger M. Changes
in HIV/AIDS/STI knowledge, attitudes and practices among commercial
sex workers and military forces in Port Loko, Sierra Leone. Disasters.
2004 Sep;28(3):239-254.

Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School
of Public Health, Columbia University, 60 Haven Avenue B-3, New York,
New York 10032, USA. ml2223@columbia.edu

Sierra Leone suffered from 11 years of civil war (1991-2002) resulting
in tens of thousands of deaths and mutilations together with massive
population displacement. In 2001, ARC International, Sierra Leone
conducted a baseline survey of 201 commercial sex workers (CSWs) and
202 military respondents on the knowledge, attitudes and practices
surrounding HIV/AIDS and STIs in Port Loko, Sierra Leone. In 2003, a
comparable post-intervention survey of 202 CSWs and 205 military
respondents was performed. Comparison of baseline and
post-intervention results showed that HIV/AIDS knowledge increased
among both groups, with those able to name three effective means of
avoiding AIDS increasing from 5 per cent to 70 per cent among CSWs,
and 11 to 75 per cent among the military. Reported condom use during
last sex increased among CSWs from 38 to 68 per cent and among
military from 39 to 68 per cent. These results demonstrate that,
despite the challenges inherent in a post-conflict country,
good-quality AIDS-prevention programmes can be effective.

**
Wee S, Barrett ME, Lian WM, Jayabaskar T, Chan KW. Determinants of
inconsistent condom use with female sex workers among men attending
the STD clinic in Singapore. Sex Transm Infect. 2004
Aug;80(4):310-314.

Department of Community, Occupational and Family Medicine (MD3),
Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 16 Medical
Drive, Singapore 117597. cmewees@nus.edu.sg

BACKGROUND/ OBJECTIVES: Female sex workers and their male clients have
been identified as risk groups for the transmission of STDs and HIV.
Behavioural interventions targeting clients need to address
inconsistent condom use among them. The aim of the study is to assess
the sociodemographic, behavioural, and psychological factors
associated with inconsistent condom use among clients of sex workers.
METHODS: 229 male patients attending the STD clinic in Singapore who
reported paying for sex in the previous 6 months were interviewed.
Response rate was 91%. RESULTS: Overall, 45% used condoms
inconsistently; these clients were more likely to have poor STD
knowledge, visit sex workers five or more times in the past 6 months,
have lower self efficacy, less favourable social norms for condom use,
and more likely to forget condom use when intoxicated (alcohol
impaired decision making). CONCLUSIONS: Behavioural interventions for
clients need to improve STD/HIV transmission knowledge and focus on
improving client's self efficacy in using condoms.

You are the only source of BS around here.

"PaulKing" <aimulti@aimultimedia.com> wrote in message

I agree with you. Scientist /medical professionals should stop looking for a
cure for the aids virus. A waste of time and money.

They contribute to the acquisition of HIV. They may also contribute to
the progression of the disease to AIDS. Individually and collectively,
substance use, poor diet and stress do not cause a person's CD4 count
to plummet to the point where they get sick from Pneumocystis
jirovecii or fulminant Kaposi's sarcoma.

There is no evidence whatsoever and plenty of common sense to tell you
that the conditions you've listed do not cause AIDS. Of course, they
SHOULD be addressed in this world! No question. HIV+ or not.

        George M. Carter