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Remove incorrect information - MRSP is a respiratory infection, unconnected to MRSA, and neither are spread 'primarily' by homosexuals.
==MRSA, the gay plague==
==MRSA, the gay plague==
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* Incidence of the new variant is 13 times higher in [[San Francisco]]'s heavily [[gay]] Castro neighborhood and surrounding zip codes than in the city's general population. That concentration — and the fact that many infections appear on the buttocks and the genital region — is leading researchers to suggest that MDR staph is being spread through sexual contact.
* Incidence of the new variant is 13 times higher in [[San Francisco]]'s heavily [[gay]] Castro neighborhood and surrounding zip codes than in the city's general population. That concentration — and the fact that many infections appear on the buttocks and the genital region — is leading researchers to suggest that MDR staph is being spread through sexual contact.