Adam Cresswell; 17/9/08
Clusters of heterosexual men are becoming infected with HIV while on business or holiday trips to Papua New Guinea and Southeast Asian countries, where epidemics are raging unchecked. The trend has been detected among miners and other workers based in Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia, and has some experts concerned it could provide the virus with a route into the mainstream population. As new national figures to be released today show numbers of new HIV infections overall continuing to increase nationally, doctors attending a Perth conference yesterday revealed six Queensland businessmen had been diagnosed with HIV in the past year after liaisons with women in PNG. Cairns Sexual Health service director Darren Russell said the main concern was not knowing how many other cases were yet to be diagnosed.
See: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24357711-5013404,00.html
Warning issued over HIV rise; Julia Medew; 17/9/08; http://www.theage.com.au/national/warning-issued-over-hiv-rise-20080916-4hxu.html
