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Survey Finds more than 25,000 HIV Carriers in Henan

2004-11-17 12:49:19 CRIENGLISH.com

A new survey says the number of HIV carriers in Central China's Henan Province tops 25 thousand, while patients with full blown AIDS at nearly 12 thousand.

A new survey says the number of HIV carriers in central China's Henan province tops 25 thousand.

The province has confirmed the number of HIV infections at about 25,000, while patients with full blown AIDS at nearly 12 thousand.

But an official from the Henan Provincial Health Bureau says the numbers do not signify a wide-spread AIDS out-break, because HIV has a normal incubation period of four to eight years.

Results show that a little more than eight percent of the people who once sold their blood were infected, and in some areas of the province, the percentage was even higher.

In Shenqiu County, one of the 13 hardest hit areas, the percentage reached more than 20 percent in some villages.

Since the first AIDS case was found in the province in 1995, Henan has been at the center of the national AIDS spotlight.

On October 14, the Ministry of Health announced that it would conduct similar surveys before April 15, 2005.

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