Why did aids spread so fast in gay community

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How AIDS Remained an Unspoken—But Deadly—Epidemic for Years

HIV/AIDS In The Lives Of Gay And Bisexual Men In The United States

Some highlights of the survey are presented here, and a more comprehensive examination of the survey findings follows. The relatively modest sample size of the survey men total limits our ability to provide results among all subgroups of interest within the overall population of gay and bisexual men.

History of AIDS

Blood transfusions Blood banks in the United States and Europe start screening their blood supply for HIV by the mid s, greatly reducing the risk of transmission through contaminated blood products. Mother-to-child routes infected mothers could pass HIV to their babies.