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United Press International; Friday June 26 8:52 AM EDT
However, the U.N. World Health Organization in the Jordanian capital Amman said in a report this month that the actual number of infected patients was 600. The Health Ministry said in a report that the registered AIDS patients last year were 164 people, 74 of whom were foreigners, and that 45 have died since the 1980s when the disease was discovered.
Jordan still quarantines patients infected with the AIDS virus, which widely remains a "taboo disease" in the country where public awareness campaigns are practically non-existent in the conservative Muslim society. Many foreign nationals are required to take HIV tests before being granted work and residency permits in Jordan.
The ministry said 80 percent of the AIDS cases were acquired from outside the country, and that 45 patients were infected through blood transfusions abroad. It added that 22 AIDS patients were under the age of 18.
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