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HIV testing and risky sexual behaviour

Geoff Riley

2nd February 2015

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People surprised by HIV-positive test results increase their risky sexual behaviour, exposing their partners to HIV infection and experiencing a more than nine-fold increase in sexually transmitted infections (STIs). That is the key finding of research by Erick Gong, published in the February 2015 issue of the Economic Journal.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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