Push for more testing has failed to reduce HIV levels in UK homosexuals: study
English: Main symptoms of acute HIV infection. Sources are found in main article: Wikipedia:Hiv#Acute_HIV_infection. Model: Mikael Häggström. To discuss image, please see Template_talk:Häggström diagrams (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) CAMBRIDGE, February 4, 2013 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - Despite a substantial increase in HIV testing at sexually transmitted infection clinics in the UK, there has been no decline in HIV incidence among homosexuals in England and Wales , according to a new study. The study, carried out by researchers from the UK Medical Research Council 's Biostatistics Unit, examined whether increases in testing rates and antiretroviral therapy coverage corresponded to the control of HIV transmission in the UK's population of men who have sex with men ( MSM ) since 2001. They found that despite an almost four-fold expansion in HIV testing in MSM (16,000 homosexual men in 2001 to 59,300 in 2010), a reduction in the average time-to-diagnosis interval from