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The Associated Press - Monday, December 23, 1996 09:30:00 PM.
Of 5,300 people studied during a three-year period, 10.2 percent of those who tested negative for the HIV virus that causes AIDS tested positive after a year, despite counseling they had received, Press Trust of India news agency reported Sunday.
The news agency cited the National AIDS Research Institute, which conducted the study that appeared in the current issue of the Indian Journal of Medical Research. The study included people who attended clinics specializing in sexually transmitted diseases.
Groups working in AIDS education in India say the country of nearly 1 billion has Asia's worst AIDS epidemic, with 1 million or more HIV cases.
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