‘BEHOLD, A VIRGIN IS WITH HIV!’ MISREPORTING SEXUAL BEHAVIOR AMONG INFECTED ADOLESCENTS
研究发现南部非洲感染艾滋病毒的女性青少年中46.4%自称从未有过性行为，通过新方法校正后真实处女比例降至32.1%，性传播贡献率从35.5%升至50.4%。
In four Southern African countries where the HIV prevalence rate is among the highest in the world, 46.4% of a sample of female adolescents infected with HIV report having never engaged in sex. This would indicate either the dominance of non-sexual modes of HIV transmission or rampant misreporting of sexual behavior in the sample. We propose a method to estimate the extent of misreporting and calculate that the true percentages of virgins among the sample of HIV-infected adolescent women is 32.1%. After accounting for misreporting, the contribution of sexual modes of HIV transmission is projected as 50.4%, compared with an estimate of 35.5% if we assume no misreporting.