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Joan Stephenson, PhD

JAMA. 2001;286:1959-1960.

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Some Asian countries are on the brink of a potentially explosive AIDS epidemic if they fail to take immediate measures to prevent HIV spread, according to a new report by the Monitoring the AIDS Pandemic (MAP) Network, a group of more than 100 experts from 40 nations.

"No society is secure or immune," said Bernhard Schwartlander, MD, PhD, chief epidemiologist for the Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS/HIV (UNAIDS), who is a member of the MAP Network's board. Schwartlander spoke at a press briefing at the 6th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific, held early this month in Melbourne, Australia.

HIV arrived relatively late in Asia, and HIV infection there is still confined largely to populations known to be at high risk: injection drug users (IDUs), sex workers, and men who have sex with men. And, so far, only three Asian countries have registered . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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