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Five million Americans at high risk of catching AIDS
DURBAN. South Africa, July 9: Roughly 5 million Americans have sex and dnig habits that put them at a high risk of catching AIDS, according to new US figures, and experts fear an upsurge of the disease after a decade of stability, reports AP
While AIDS infections in the United States have fallen dramatically since their peak in the 1980s, public health officials worry that complacency about the disease has caused backsliding — especially among young gay men — that could bring AIDS roaring back
1 m scared by the trends we are starting to see. said Dr Helene Gayle. AIDS chief at the US Centers (or disease Control and Prevention.
Gayle presented the latest data Saturday at a briefing hosted by the American Medical Association on the eve ot the 13th International Conference on AIDS.
Currently, about 40,000 Americans contract HIV each year, down from the 100.000 new infections annually during the mid-80s. The Improvement is attributed largely to safer sex
habits and avoiding dirty needles.
In an attempt to see how many Americans still act recklessly. the CDC analysed findings from several large-scale surveys Their conclusion: Between 2 per cent and 4 per cent of the adult population — 4 million to 5 million people — still put themselves at high risk. This includes having six or more sexual partners annually, having sex with someone known to be infected with HIV. engaging In prostitution for drugs or money, having male homosexual contact, using crack cocaine or injecting drugs.
Gayle said the study did not attempt to learn whether this level of risky behavior is increasing or decreasing, although there seems to be evidence on both sides For instance. condom use has increased substantially since the 1980s. although only about 40 per cent of unmarried people and 23 per cent of dnig users report using them.
Oxer the last decade, infection rates among gay men have
remained stable at between I per cent and 4 per cent However said Gayle. "We haw seen troubling sings over the past year that we fear could signal a resurgence of the epidemic among gay men."
Last week, the San Francisco Department of Public Health reported a sharp increase in new HIV infections between 1997 and 1999. Also, gonorrhea and other sexually spread diseases have risen recently In several cities among HIV-infected gay men.
Experts worry that complacency about getting AIDS, fueled in part by the availability of ef-fective HiV treatments, may be behind a return to risky sexual behavior.
One of the most impressive victories oxer HIV in industrialized countries has been the use of AZT and other drug^ to prevent the spread of the virus from infected mothers to their babies during birth. In the United States, only a tew hundred babies now get the infection this way each year.