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Center for Disease Control & Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China
HIV epidemic still growing in China
August 18th, 2006
The HIV epidemic in China is still growing. According to a recently published study from the People's Republic of China, "No new estimates of HIV infection have been available for China since 2003. However, since then, data availability has increased dramatically." Investigators used "internationally recommended methods to make new estimates of the number of people exposed to HIV in China, the number living with HIV, and the number of new HIV infections and deaths in 2005." "The UNAIDS Workbook method was adapted to meet the needs of China. Local data were used to estimate the size of each risk population and HIV prevalence by...
Source: Biotech Law Weekly (2006-08-18)
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