12.12.2006   12:49   +Feedback

Malaria verschlimmert Aids

Auszug aus einem Artikel auf times-online:
…Malaria could be contributing to the spread of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa by making carriers more likely to pass it on to their sexual partners.
Scientists have discovered that the amount of virus in the blood increases by about ten times when HIV-positive people are also infected with malaria, raising the chances of transmission by sexual intercourse…
Wenn sich das bewahrheitet, erscheint das DDT-Verbot noch zynischer als ohnehin schon.


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