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Originally Posted by Paul Waters
There is a part of Africa where the prostitutes seem to be imune to HIV. They have sex bareback many times a day.
It has been written up many times, including the Toronto Globe and Mail.
There is a lot about HIV that we do not know. But the money is in the treatments, not the cure or the vaccine to prevent it.
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Prostitutes lose HIV immunity
The prostitutes come from Kenya
A group of prostitutes thought to be immune to HIV have now become infected, causing dismay to scientists hoping to develop an Aids vaccine.
It was thought that exposure to HIV on a regular basis created immunity, but six Kenyan women previously thought to be resistant are now HIV-positive.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/619316.stm