The paper's authors tried to take into account other factors, but they admit it may not have been entirely possible to quantify differences in, for example,the recipient's health, which can be a big factor in the success of a transplant.

VOA: standard.2010.07.14

I mean,I think that knowing how HIV basically gets transmitted is something that people are afraid, that people know that they have had extra-marital sex-the whole concept of men who have sex with other men-- it's a big taboo, and the region does not want to admit that we have these groups.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07