AEGiS-AP: China: Up to 200,000 Have HIV

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China: Up to 200,000 Have HIV

The Associated Press; 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020 - Thursday, November 13, 1997; 1:12 p.m. EST

BEIJING (AP) -- The number of official cases of HIV infection in China has climbed to 7,253, although experts say the real figure could be as high as 200,000, an official newspaper reported Thursday.

The virus, first detected in China in 1985, is spreading mainly through heterosexual sex and drug use, the China Daily said.

Last December, China said 5,157 people were infected with the HIV virus that causes AIDS. By June this year, the number was 7,253, the China Daily said.

But "medical experts estimate that some 150,000 to 200,000 Chinese are already affected," the newspaper said.

Sexually transmitted diseases are also spreading, with 398,000 cases reported last year, an increase of 12 percent compared to the year before.

A team of experts plans to tour China to deliver lectures about preventing the spread of AIDS.

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