Most of new HIV victims homosexuals

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected an additional 486 Filipinos in February this year, most of them young men. The virus was acquired through homosexual or bisexual contact, according to a study by the Department of Health (DOH).

Data from the Philippine HIV/AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) Registry revealed that out of the 486 new HIV cases, men accounted for 468 or 96 percent and women, 18 or four percent.