Review of Biological Factors in HIV/AIDS Spread in Sub-Saharan Africa and Blacks
318 views · Published 19 June 2013 · 11:39 · Indexed 28 October 2026
Channel: Jackies1979 · 2013 · Comedy
Here I discuss the role of biological factors for HIV transmission in Sub-Saharan Africa and in Blacks. The factors that have been put forward so far do not seem to be very convincing as an explanation for the pandemic. Most of them (CCR5 receptor mutation, Clade C virus in Sub-Saharan Africa, co-infections (non-STI) in Sub-Saharan Africa) do not explain it very well at all; and some others (more STIs in Sub-Saharan Africa) are only an incomplete first step of an explanatory theory (it is of almost no use for prevention, etc., if this higher prevalence of STIs is not itself -- etiologically, pathophysiologically -- explained). The explanatory power of my "macroanatomy" hypothesis seems to be vastly greater here. Not only does it explain the higher prevalence of STIs in Blacks and Sub-Saharan Africa but it also explains all the other transmission risk factors discussed so far. It even explains the anomalies or somewhat "odd" phenomena, e.g., why sex workers seroconvert after taking longer breaks from their business or why old sex workers in Sub-Saharan Africa were somewhat protected against seroconversion as compared to young sex workers.
