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International News HIV Cases in Hong Kong Increase SharplyNovember 28, 2007 Hong Kong recorded 125 new HIV diagnoses in the third quarter of 2007 -- a 30 percent increase over the same period last year, health officials announced today. Twenty-four people were diagnosed with AIDS during the same period. The city of 6.9 million has now logged 3,535 HIV cases. Since 1985, 917 AIDS cases have been confirmed. A cluster of up to 53 cases linked to the same source has raised new concerns about the spread of HIV among men who connect with men for sex using the Internet. Deutsche Presse-Agentur 11.28.2007  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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