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New cases in Pous 2064, HIV = 175, AIDS = 26, Death = 2. HIV rate is very high in Housewives than sex workers in Nepal ! ! ! HIV status in Nepal till 2005: Total Adult=70000, Adult Prevalence (15-49)=0.55%, Number of Women (15-49) LWHA=15,310 (22%), HIV Prevalence rate in IDUs=32.7%, HIV prevalence rate in sex worker=3.8%, HIV prevalence rate in client of SW=2.1%. The latest U.N. report shows that 65 million people have been infected with HIV since it was first identified 25 years ago. Twenty five million people have died of AIDS.

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Gene Linked to Hypersensitivity Reaction to HIV/AIDS Drug - 24-07-2008, 05:21 PM

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- The FDA said today that all patients who are candidates for the HIV/AIDS drug abacavir (Ziagen) should undergo pre-treatment genetic screening for the presence of an allele that may trigger a fatal hypersensitivity reaction.

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