The 10-year Padian study (1997) observed sexually active

couples in which one partner was HIV positive. The result: in 10 years, not

one uninfected partner contracted HIV, even though all participants admitted

to having sex without condoms. The study states, 'We followed up 175

HIV-discordant couples over time, for a total of approximately 282

couple-years of follow up. The longest duration of follow-up was 12 visits

(6 years). We observed no seroconversion [infection] after entry into the

study." In the three-year Stewart study (1985) not one male partner of

HIV-positive women contracted HIV. Prostitution is not even listed as an HIV

risk category by the CDC, because of the extremely low incidence of HIV

transmission to clients who have no other risk factors (i.e. drug abuse).

These findings bolster the hypothesis of some AIDS scientists that chronic

malnutrition and other environmental factors, and not a sexually-transmitted

virus, are the causes of weakened immunity in people diagnosed with one of

the nearly 30 AIDS-defining diseases (which vary from country to country).