Re: Race-dependent HIV-prevalence (was: HIV cases in UK jump nearly 20%)

"Wolfgang G. Gasser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>"LeftBank" in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] :
>
>> "Heterosexual transmission of HIV is more likely to occur outside the
UK."
>>
>> Thats it. Just a little paragraph saying that foreigners have more chance
of
>> getting HIV from heterosexual sex than the british. Why is that? Do we
have
>> some sort of super gene that could be used to develop a vaccine to help
the
>> "others" unfortunate enough not to have been born on this sacred isle.
>
>The reason is much simpler. HIV is a "quasi-genetic marker" which
>is widespread in sub-saharan Africans (and African Americans)
>and very rare in Europeans (European Americans). The retroviruses
>of the SIV/HIV family are widespread among primates and have been
>surviving over millions of years by relying considerably on
>mother-to-child transmission.
>
>Because (in the absense of immune-system-disturbing causes such
>as recreational drugs) HIV is very difficult to transmit sexually,
>the background-incidence of HIV is relevant to non-risk-groups.
>And the background incidence of the quasi-genetic marker HIV
>varies over several orders of magnitude. It is very low (much
>lower than 0.1 percent) in Europeans and reaches substantially
>more than 10 percent in some populations of Africa. (There are
>other viruses which are widespread in Europe but very rare in
>Africa.)
>
>It is completely absurd to believe that HIV began to spread
>in mankind exactly at the time the technology to detect
>such viruses was developed. The difference between HIV-1 and
>HIV-2 are much bigger than the difference between HIV-1 and
>the native SIV of chimpanzees. So it is reasonable to assume
>that the common ancestor of humans and chimps already was
>the host of the common ancestor of HIV-1 and SIV-chimp.
>
>If you really want to understand, you should read PETER DUESBERG.
>Duesberg is one of those who will be esteemed in future as we
>esteem today persons like IGNAZ PHILIPP SEMMELWEIS.
>
>Cheers,
>Wolfgang
>
>
>The AIDS establishment:
>http://groups.google.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>Manipulation of public opinion by PR:
>http://groups.google.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>Conflicts of Interest & AIDS & 10/00 A & U Magazine:
>http://groups.google.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>concatenated
>
>



----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==----
http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! >100,000 Newsgroups
---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =---