Few Ready to Promote Serosorting

Despite studies showing serosorting'seeking out sex partners of the same HIV serostratus'has lowered HIV transmission rates among San Francisco gay men, few health officials are ready to recommend the practice as an HIV prevention strategy. Unprotected sex between HIVers can lead to infection with multiple strains of the virus and of other sexually transmitted diseases. For HIV-negative adults who practice serosorting there's no guarantee their partners haven't been infected since their last test'or even that they're telling the truth about being uninfected, say health experts.