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The risk of HIV infection among Brazilian men is twice that among women.(Digests)

Among Brazilians, injecting cocaine, having an HIV-positive partner and having male-male sexual relations may each significantly increase the risk for HIV infection. These risk factors were identified in a cross-sectional study of voluntarily tested adolescents and adults in which HIV was most prevalent among those who had syphilis or an HIV-infected partner or who injected cocaine or shared injection equipment. (1) The researchers of the study note that their results may be particularly useful because "risk factors for HIV infection have been scarcely studied in developing countries."

The study was conducted in Porto Alegre, one of the most populous cities in southern ...

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