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What is the accurate knowledge of the German population regarding sexual HIV transmission?
Laura Kouznetsov1, Stefan A Zippel, Alexander V Kuznetsov
1AIDS Psychosocial Division Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Frauenlobstr. 9-11, 80337, Munich, Germany. laura.kouznetsov@med.uni-muenchen.de
Objectives:
HIV incidence in Germany is increasing even though the German Federal Centre for Health Education reported that the entire German population (99 %) has sufficient knowledge of sexual HIV transmission. We tried to find out the reason for this discrepancy.
Methods:
HIV transmission knowledge was investigated in a Munich population (n = 317) and the findings compared with a nationwide study.
Results:
No differences in knowledge regarding needle sharing and HIV/AIDS curability were found but, in relation to sexual HIV transmission, only 55.5 % of Munich respondents had sufficient knowledge of vaginal, anal and oral transmission routes.
Conclusions:
The knowledge level reported in the nationwide study is overestimated as a result of the ambiguous character of the questions used.
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