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08-21-2007, 10:56 AM
"They know little about HIV/AIDS, let alone preventative measures"
BEIJING (Reuters) - Unsafe sex has overtaken intravenous drug use as the primary cause of new HIV infections in China, suggesting that AIDS is spreading from high-risk groups to the general public, state media reported on Monday.
Of the 70,000 new HIV infections recorded in 2005, nearly half contracted the virus through sexual contact, the China Daily reported, citing a report released jointly by the Ministry of Health and the China Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.
"It's the first time since 1989, when the first HIV infection was detected, for sex to top the transmission list nationwide," the newspaper quoted Gao Qi, of the China HIV/AIDS Information Network, as saying. Read more (http://www.topix.net/content/reuters/2007/08/sex-now-primary-cause-of-china-hiv-spread-report)
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BEIJING (Reuters) - Unsafe sex has overtaken intravenous drug use as the primary cause of new HIV infections in China, suggesting that AIDS is spreading from high-risk groups to the general public, state media reported on Monday.
Of the 70,000 new HIV infections recorded in 2005, nearly half contracted the virus through sexual contact, the China Daily reported, citing a report released jointly by the Ministry of Health and the China Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.
"It's the first time since 1989, when the first HIV infection was detected, for sex to top the transmission list nationwide," the newspaper quoted Gao Qi, of the China HIV/AIDS Information Network, as saying. Read more (http://www.topix.net/content/reuters/2007/08/sex-now-primary-cause-of-china-hiv-spread-report)
More... (http://www.topix.net/news/sex/2007/08/sex-now-primary-cause-of-china-hiv-spread-report?fromrss=1)
