More HIV/AIDS in China.
Beijing -- There is a vast increase in the incidence of HIV/AIDS in
China The HIV/AIDS pandemic scene in East Asia is largely dominated by China. Much of the current spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in China has been through intravenous drug use and prostitution. (Toronto Star, Nov. 23, 2006). As of October 31, 2006, the
reported number of cases was nearly 30 percent higher than for all of
2005. Intravenous drug use intravenous drug use Intravenous drug abuse The habitual IV injection of drugs of abuse Epidemiology In the US ± 2.5 million–population ± 235 million have used IVDs Infections Pyogenic–eg, endocarditis, pneumonia, sepsis Common agents is said to be the main source of infection.
China has for years denied that HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome was a problem, but now
more testing and reporting is being done; despite this, it is thought
that HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. cases are actually four or five times the reported figure.
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