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AIDS campaigners say Africa's "sugar daddies" behind alarming HIV rates.

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| July 15, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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Byline: IAN MADER

They have lost their youth, but gained enough wealth to buy the company of many young consorts. These "sugar daddies" of sub-Sahara African are a hot topic with researchers trying to explain the region's alarmingly high HIV rates for teenage girls.

Many AIDS experts believe dangerous liaisons between married, middle-aged men and their clandestine lovers aged 14 to 20 are partly why teenage girls in southern Africa are five times more likely to be HIV-infected than teenage boys.

The girls and men in these typically brief affairs open up huge networks of infection, AIDS experts say.

"Young girls who are looking for…

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