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11-27-2008, 03:00 PM
Official figures have proven that immigration, particularly from Africa, is driving up the UK’s AIDS rate. More than 77,400 people have HIV in Britain, official figures released by the Health Protection Agency have revealed.The record total is up 4,400 — or six percent — in a year. Over half of new cases were in heterosexuals linked to Africa, and 40 percent were African migrants.
More than 21,000 people — 28 percent of the total — are unaware they have the virus, which can lead to AIDS. Lisa Power, of the Terrence Higgins Trust, said: “Not only is this dangerous to their own health, but they are more likely to pass the virus on than someone who has been diagnosed.
“Gay men and African people are most likely to have undiagnosed HIV so we would urge people in those groups in particular to get tested regularly.”
The HPA figures show that there were 7,734 new diagnoses of HIV in the UK in 2007. Of those, 3,160 (41%) were among gay men with the majority acquiring their infections in the UK.
Some 4,260 (55%) were acquired through heterosexual contact — with the majority of cases probably infected abroad and among those with links to Africa. A total of 180 acquired the infection through injecting drug use while 110 acquired it through mother-to-child transmission.
Although the bulk of the 4,260 new infections diagnosed in this country last year were acquired abroad, the sharp increase contracted in the UK has taken them from one in 10 to almost one in four of all heterosexual cases.
A spokesman for the HPA said the UK heterosexual cases were concentrated in the African community, and most were infected by partners infected abroad. “They are quite small numbers and although they were acquired in the UK they are linked with people who have travelled,” he said.
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More than 21,000 people — 28 percent of the total — are unaware they have the virus, which can lead to AIDS. Lisa Power, of the Terrence Higgins Trust, said: “Not only is this dangerous to their own health, but they are more likely to pass the virus on than someone who has been diagnosed.
“Gay men and African people are most likely to have undiagnosed HIV so we would urge people in those groups in particular to get tested regularly.”
The HPA figures show that there were 7,734 new diagnoses of HIV in the UK in 2007. Of those, 3,160 (41%) were among gay men with the majority acquiring their infections in the UK.
Some 4,260 (55%) were acquired through heterosexual contact — with the majority of cases probably infected abroad and among those with links to Africa. A total of 180 acquired the infection through injecting drug use while 110 acquired it through mother-to-child transmission.
Although the bulk of the 4,260 new infections diagnosed in this country last year were acquired abroad, the sharp increase contracted in the UK has taken them from one in 10 to almost one in four of all heterosexual cases.
A spokesman for the HPA said the UK heterosexual cases were concentrated in the African community, and most were infected by partners infected abroad. “They are quite small numbers and although they were acquired in the UK they are linked with people who have travelled,” he said.
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