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90% of new AIDS cases among college students in Chinese mega-city due to homosexual sex

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GUANGZHOU, China, – A doctor from a Disease Prevention and Control Center in the Chinese mega city of Guangzhou has said that 90 percent of all new HIV/AIDS cases among local university or college students are due to homosexual behavior . Dr. Xu Huifang said that MSM activity is the underlying factor in the majority of students reporting new infections,  reported   Xinhua . Huifang said the city has reported a total of 117 HIV/AIDS cases in 48 local colleges or universities since 2002. But director of the disease prevention center Wang Ming thinks the numbers are inaccurate since many infected college students do not get tested. “Therefore, the real number [of HIV/AIDS cases] may be much bigger," he said. Dr. He Haolan, who monitors contagious diseases at Guangdong No. 8 People's Hospital, said she has noticed increasing rates of HIV among college students. "It used to be very rare to see a college student come here for HIV tests, but it has become ...