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Volume 356:1089-1093 March 15, 2007 Number 11 Next

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Since the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was found in Chennai in 1986, India has had an AIDS epidemic.¹ In many respects, however, its extent and complexities have only recently begun to be appreciated (see map). India has a population of 1.1 billion people — one sixth of the world's population — and is home to perhaps one of every eight people with HIV infection. According to Denis Broun, the country coordinator for the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) in India, "It is not possible to control the overall HIV epidemic if it is out of control in . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Dr. Steinbrook (rsteinbrook@attglobal.net) is a national correspondent for the Journal.

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