Above 50 HIV-positives recorded in Karaganda rgn since the beginning of year

KARAGANDA. KAZINFORM Above 50 HIV-positives and 10 AIDS-infected have been registered in the Karaganda region since the beginning of the year, the AIDS control centre said.

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52 cases were recorded across the region for the past two months. The number of HIV-positives and AIDS-infected people has grown by 3 cases as compared to the same period of 2013. HIV is spread most often through sexual contact up to 70.6%. Almost half of the detected HIV-positives are women, the press release reads.