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International News Algerian AIDS Cases on the RiseJuly 22, 2004 During a recent Algiers seminar on AIDS, physicians specializing in infectious diseases said Algeria experienced 40 new AIDS cases per year. Most of the 1,591 people diagnosed with HIV live in the capital. Half of the nation's 630 people with AIDS have died since the nation's first case in 1985. Transmission was most commonly through the sex trade, multiple sex partners and medical mistakes, said the specialists. United Press International 07.18.04 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.
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