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Philippines: HIV Cases Hit Record in September

From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

November 4, 2011

The Department of Health's Philippine HIV and AIDS Registry added 253 new HIV cases in September, the highest one-month total since the country began tracking the disease in 1984. The count rose by 65 percent, or 153 cases, from the same period last year. Five of the newly diagnosed patients had already progressed to AIDS. Sexual exposure remains the chief means of infection, the report said, with same-sex (107), bisexual (80), and heterosexual (39) contact accounting for 226 cases.

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Adapted from:
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update. Visit the CDC's website to find out more about their activities, publications and services.

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