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BBC News - Thursday, November 27, 1997
A UN envoy to Kazakhstan said the virus had spread because of lack of education about safe sex and the dangers of intravenous drug use.
Nearly five hundred Kazaks have now been diagnosed as HIV-positive.
Correspondents say that although this is many more than in other Central Asian states, the figure could reflect higher rates of testing in Kazakstan.
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