Posted on 02/04/2014 6:51:18 AM PST by grundle
The National Institutes of Health has spent millions of dollars studying male sex workers in Peru, including more than $400,000 to determine why gay men get syphilis in the South American country.
“Syphilis remains an uncontrolled infectious disease globally, with high prevalence and incidence in certain high risk populations, affecting more than 20 percent of men who have sex with men (MSM) in Peru,” according to the grant, awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
“The incidence of syphilis in MSM in Peru is about 9 cases per 100 person-years,” it said. “We are proposing a study to improve our understanding of syphilis epidemiology and molecular biology, particularly among MSM.”
The study will “recruit a cohort of MSM and transgender persons at high risk for syphilis,” to measure incidence rates of syphilis over a two year period. Researchers will look at molecular and immunological factors for why MSM get syphilis and create a system for diagnosing and managing the sexually transmitted disease.
The project, “Syphilis: Translating Technology to Understand a Neglected Epidemic,” has received $464,272 since 2012.
The funding has gone to researchers at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, a private university in Lima, Peru. The school has two other active studies from the NIH devoted to male sex workers.
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Gay men should just avoid going to Peru.
We really need a study to learn how VD is spread? Really???
Bathhouse Booking study.
It was strictly for “research purposes” no doubt.
Clean the toilet seats.
Yet another “valuable” expenditure of tax-payers’ money.
Right. That money was actually spent on a study. Phony. Who really got the money?
There are maybe half a million expensive redundant studies like this on the federal teat. Pity we can’t find even a dime to cut, according to Miss Nancy.
I’ll give the answer for half that:
By inserting their genitals into the anuses of other “gay” men infected with syphilis.
NIH - Please PM me so I can tell you where to send the $232,136. Thank you.
“Syphilis remains an uncontrolled infectious disease globally”
…BZZZZZZZ!! WRONG! Practice monogamy, marry someone of the opposite sex and you will be just fine!
And real research into cancer goes unfunded. Washington has turned the NIH on its head.
uh....virtually any guy in a bar in Newport News could have s’plained it to them....
MSM, “men who have sex with men” or the “main stream media”. Oh! Wait! No difference!
Their research determined it aint in the water...
There is a sub group of gays in peru that has sex with llamas.
he incidence of Syphilis in the Llama group will shed light on the larger group
Obama got that money, along with the $535million Solyndra money. He must have a bank account offshore that hold billions in it. Look how rich the Clintoons are compared to when they lived in Arkansas! So much corruption!
I think dirty needles and Dirty Deeds! send me the research money!
They used to call AIDs.... GRID.... Gay related Immune Disorder
If they were truly wanting to STOP the spread of this disease , they should study why certain men DO NOT get it.
Pelosi: “We have cut spending ‘to the bone’.. there is nothing left to cut”
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