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2% per event = 50% after 35 events.

Assuming 1% of partners have AIDS and someone had 10 partners and 35 events per partner.

.01 * (1 - .98)^ 35 = 0.5% per partner. And 1- (1 - .005) ^ 10 = ~5% chance of an infection in a lifetime.

Or working the other way if the average person with aids has 35 'events' per partner and 2.1 partners after infection the infection rate will increase.

PS: Real models include differing M/F infection rates, stratification by age and other vectors like transfusions and IV drug use.



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