HIV acquisition and HIV transmission through sexual intercourse are two very different things. The former relates to an HIV negative individual being infected by an HIV positive person whilst the later is about an HIV positive individual infecting an HIV negative person.
That may seems obvious or hair splitting, but when it comes to ending the spread of HIV in the population, it is very important to understand the difference between HIV acquisition and HIV transmission.
HIV acquisition can be regarded as a dynamic and active process in the person exposed to …

In February 2007, a Welsh man was diagnosed with HIV at the Cardiff Royal Infirmary in Wales. So far, he was one amongst the 2500+ new HIV diagnoses in the UK that year. But he became the subject of scientific investigation when he reported 62 sexual encounters in the previous 6 months.
Of his first 9 sexual partners contacted by a team of researchers from the Cardiff Royal Infirmary interested in the transmission of HIV through sexual network, 5 turned out to be HIV positive. This did not mean that he …

Until recently, serosorting was a strategy mostly used by Gay men as an alternative to safe sex. If it has been proved to contribute to a decrease in HIV incidence within the gay community, it nevertheless remains highly problematic amongst HIV negative men whose status can’t be as certain as HIV positive men. Also, serosorting does not protect against other sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
Very recently, Nigeria resorted to serosorting amongst heterosexual couples (commented at The Wisdom of Whores). However, since 2003 STFree a company funded in 2003 by Eli Dancy …