Homosexuality and Parasites
Anal sex can be an important risk factor for intestinal parasitism.[1]
An article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal that discusses the subject of homosexuality and parasites stated the following in its abstract: "In a controlled study 67.5% of 200 homosexual men but only sixteen percent of 100 heterosexual men were found to be infected with intestinal parasites"...These findings suggest that the male homosexual community may be an important reservoir of potentially pathogenic protozoa."[2]
In 1985, the peer reviewed medical journal Gut, which is an international medical journal for gastroenterology & hepatology, had an article entitled The Gay Bowel authored by I V Weller which stated the following: "Guardia lamblia and Entamoeba histolytica have long been regarded as 'exotic' organisms, but are 'hyperendemic' among gay men attending STD clinics with up to 20 excreting cysts."[3]
- ↑ http://www.springerlink.com/content/jx13231641717w48/
- ↑ http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1704818
- ↑ I V Weller, The gay bowel, Gut. 1985 September; 26(9): 869–875