‘Bug chasing’: Why some gay men fantasise about getting infected with HIV

Bug chasers fetishise the virus – and they come from a variety of backgrounds, generations, and countries.

Jaime García-Iglesias, The Conversation

· Oct 24, 2018 · 11:30 pm

Unnao chief medical officer alerted in July about quack who caused HIV infections: Indian Express

At least 58 people, including four children, tested positive for the virus in recent check-up camps, the current CMO said.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 11, 2018 · 08:15 am

Uttar Pradesh: Police arrest fake doctor in Unnao for infecting 40 people with HIV

Some of those infected believe that they would soon recover.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 07, 2018 · 07:23 pm

India among 10 countries that account for 95% of new HIV/AIDS infections in Asia-Pacific: UN report

The document said AIDS-related deaths have nearly halved across the globe since 2005.

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· Jul 21, 2017 · 05:34 pm

Did Mumbai blood banks supply HIV-infected blood – or are people misreporting cause of transmission?

Doctors say that it is possible people are blaming blood banks for their infections instead of admitting to high-risk behaviour.

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· Oct 21, 2016 · 02:30 pm

Nobody will guarantee that blood transfusion is 100% safe: NACO official

The politics of mega blood donation camps is interfering with quality control of blood collected, according to the National Aids Control Organisation.

Priyanka Vora

· Sep 13, 2016 · 02:30 pm

HIV transmission: Why is blood transfusion in India not yet safe?

Voluntary blood donation, careful screening of patients, use of better technology, and rational use of blood needs to be promoted.

Menaka Rao

· Jun 03, 2016 · 10:30 am

More than 2,000 people have been infected with HIV through blood transfusions in the past 17 months

Uttar Pradesh recorded the maximum number of such cases, followed by Gujarat, Maharashtra and Delhi.

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· May 31, 2016 · 11:18 am

Rumours of the demise of HIV have been greatly exaggerated

Two years after experts declared that the beginning of the end of HIV/AIDS was nigh, new infection rates are still rising.

Paul Flowers, The Conversation

· Nov 27, 2014 · 04:30 am