[lettie]

It is not an inconceivable notion that many of the cases brought in from abroad, would be found in white british people who travel, either to work or for pleasure. The Far East in particular are only just starting to tackle the problem of rising HIV cases. Thailand, which is a favourite destination with European visitors has a major problem, and I believe that the commercial sex workers over there are now using condoms more often than they used to (although not all the time). China only admitted to having a problem in about 2002, prior to that, the Chinese government tried to bury it under the carpet, even though their first reported cases were in the mid 80's. Major mode of transmission in China being infected blood/plasma transfusion, drugs are now becoming more prevalent, and although being openly gay is frowned upon, everybody there knows it happens. The only reason that the Chinese have now admitted to the problem is because they now have somewhere between 1 - 1.5 million affected people that they are aware of, and if the numbers continue to grow, they will eventually need help.