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Wall Street Journal - July 26, 2000
The study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention here found that seeking sex on the Web was "relatively common" among the study's participants. But the report cautioned that the group surveyed -- adults seeking HIV testing at a public-health clinic in Denver -- isn't representative of the general population. The study is to be published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The study, and an accompanying report about a syphilis outbreak last summer that was traced to people who met in an Internet chat room, highlight the need for online disease-prevention efforts, researchers say. "This points out that the Internet may be an important way to get out risk-reduction messages," says Helene Gayle, the CDC's director of HIV and sexually transmitted disease prevention.
The study surveyed 856 men and women who visited the clinic between September 1999 and April, seven of whom were HIV positive. Of the total, 135 people, or 16%, reported logging on the Net to seek sex partners. Of that subgroup, 88 reported that they successfully initiated sexual contact.
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