Why should HIV be transmitted heterosexually in Africa?
As has already been mentioned, studies show that there is no independent spread of HIV/Aids in the heterosexual population in the US and Europe. The assumption that this should therefore happen in Africa and Thailand, for example, is not comprehensible. Further, it is without precedent in medicine that the transmission of a pathogen should be so different in different countries and continents. The theory of the supposed heterosexual transmission of HIV in Africa and Thailand because of widespread promiscuity is based solely on the HIV tests described, which, as has been shown, often cannot be interpreted under tropical conditions. This belief among other things is contradicted by an international comparison of the number of sexual partners and sexual activity. Here the US leads, followed by France, Australia and Germany. In contrast, South Africa and Thailand are below the world average. (38) It is logical to suppose that the widespread explanation has been so readily accepted because
