HIV/AIDS Transmission
AIDS infection increasing via heterosexual transmission in Malaysia
Published in AIDS Weekly, September 6th, 2004
According to a study from Malaysia, "Since the first case of HIV/AIDS was identified in 1986 in Malaysia, the number of infected individuals has increased steadily each year, so that by the end of 2002 the cumulative number of people living with HIV/AIDS was 57,835 (51,256 with HIV and 6,579 with AIDS), with 5,676 AIDS deaths."
"The epidemic in Malaysia, currently in a concentrated epidemic stage, is primarily fueled by drug use, but there is ample evidence that heterosexual transmission has increased over the last few years," wrote M. Huang and coworkers.
"A...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2004-09-06)
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