Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1997. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.
Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1997. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.
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Reuters NewMedia, Inc. - Friday, 31 January 1997.
Guangdong last year reported 54 cases of infection with HIV, the virus that causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, up by a quarter compared with the year before, the official agency said on Friday.
Reported cases of HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) included six that had developed into full-blown AIDS, it said.
"The spread of HIV/AIDS may be speeding up as venereal diseases are running rampant," Xinhua said.
More than 85,300 cases of venereal disease were reported in Guangdong last year, including 29,770 cases of gonorrhoea and 4,190 cases of syphilis, an overall rate that was 3.4 times as high as in 1995, the agency said but gave no details.
Chinese health experts have warned that soaring rates of infection by sexual diseases, many of which increase the chances of HIV infection, could become a springboard for an AIDS epidemic.
The number of reported HIV cases in China stood at 5,157 at the end of October last year, but officials say under-reporting mean the real figure could be closer to 100,000 -- a number independent experts say is itself conservative.
Beijing last year announced it would set up a nationwide screening network to monitor the spread of AIDS, which has accelerated in recent years as China's economic reforms weaken once-strict communist morality and social controls.
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