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In the information box prevention section, this article cites circumcision as a method of prevention. This is not proven, carries its own risks of serious injury or death and is an immoral act of genital mutilation on non consenting children. 2A00:23C6:22A7:8101:BDA4:B78C:67AF:EDB3 (talk) 22:44, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I'd propose two changes to go along with this edit request:
1) Remove 'male circumcision' from the 'Prevention' section of the infobox.
2) Change the first sentence of the second paragraph under the Prevention section from "Circumcision in sub-Saharan Africa "reduces the acquisition of HIV by heterosexual men by between 38% and 66% over 24 months"." to instead read: "A study showed that Circumcision in sub-Saharan Africa reduced the rate of acquisition of HIV by heterosexual men from infected partners by between 38% and 66% over 24 months".
I'm proposing these two changes as they are slight misinterpretations of the cited study, and are misleading. Additionally, the study states "at a local level, further research will be needed to assess whether implementing [circumcision] is feasible, appropriate, and cost-effective in different settings." Sourpanda (talk) 15:28, 9 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for identifying a problem. Unfortunately the subsection defining these references was renamed and modified over time so its purpose became unclear until it was eventually removed back in 2018 [1]. I have added it back with a hidden comment to try and prevent this happening again. The correct reference is Global HIV/AIDS Response, Epidemic update and health sector progress towards universal access [2] which sort of supports the claim. On page 159 (our article uses a wider page range, in part because the reference is used for two different things) it says "Without diagnosis and effective treatment, one third of infants living with HIV die before the age of one year and almost half during their second year of life." I'd interpret this to mean 1/3 die before 1 and nearly 1/2 (of all, not of those still alive) die between 1-2 meaning nearly 5/6s have died before the age of two so well over 1/2 have died before the age of 2. However perhaps I'm reading this wrong. I've added a tag on our article to request clarification perhaps via a better source. Nil Einne (talk) 13:05, 19 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Suggestion to change order of table "Average per act risk of getting HIV by exposure route to an infected source" by lowest chance of infection
The below is ordered by highest chance of infection first then the lowest chance of infection second. I think this helps communicate that for HIV/AIDS insertive penile-vaginal intercourse is more risky (in the worst case) than receptive penile-vaginal intercourse (in the worst case), and is easier to read.
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Hi, there's a mistake in the page. It says Kaposi's Sarcoma and Burkitt lymphoma are both associated with HHV-8 (human herpes virus 8), but this isn't true. Kaposi's Sarcoma is, but Burkitt lymphoma is actually associated with EBV (Epstein-Barr virus). Medical fanatic (talk) 08:15, 12 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Almost certainly the editors who replied here cannot easily WP:V the article's claim that is being disputed by the person they've replied to, because the ref used is a chapter of a book (Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases) that costs - probably a lot of - money. Now that someone has disputed the claim, my opinion is that the existing ref could be tagged with {{Request quotation}}, or something similar. The book is used as a ref a whopping thirty times in this article, so likely one or more editors have access to it, and can add a relevant quote. This would allow the person replied to, and the rest of us, to at least get a better idea of the validity of the article's claim. --2001:1C06:19CA:D600:E8FE:CF10:D669:77BC (talk) 06:32, 6 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The opening summary states that "HIV/AIDS is considered a pandemic—a disease outbreak which is present over a large area and is actively spreading." with a citation from 2008. It should be noted that 15 years is a very long time with regards to the notion of a "pandemic", nor does this text identify who exactly has decided that it is a "pandemic". Are they an acknowledged public authority on the subject?
Later in the "Epidemiology" section it curtly states that "Some authors consider HIV/AIDS a global pandemic." First of all, "Some authors" are not a credible and authoritative source of information of whether something is or isn't a pandemic, global or otherwise. "Some authors" could be anyone. Second, this citation is yet another 15 year old article.
Is it a "Global Pandemic", a "Pandemic" or is it not "Pandemic" at all? Is it just something "Some authors" think or is it a widespread scientific consensus about this determination? Shouldn't this be determined by actual up to date information rather than what the situation looked like 15 years age? Again it should be stressed that 15 years is a very, very long time with regards to "Pandemics". Arcade222 (talk) 04:08, 15 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. —GMX(on the go!) 21:12, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. M.Bitton (talk) 11:15, 12 April 2023 (UTC)