Hong Kong reports 131 new HIV infections
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September 5, 2012, Wednesday
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A TOTAL of 131 new cases of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections were reported in Hong Kong in the second quarter of 2012, the city's Health Department announced yesterday.
The latest HIV figure, along with the 30 newly reported cases of AIDS, a disease caused by HIV, have respectively brought the total of reported HIV infections to 5,523 since 1984 and the total of confirmed AIDS cases to 1,311 since 1985.
Reviewing the HIV/AIDS situation in Hong Kong at a press conference yesterday, a medical consultant of the department, Dr Wong Ka-hing, said sexual transmission remained the major mode of HIV transmission in Hong Kong.
Of the 131 new HIV cases reported in this quarter, 65 acquired the infection via homosexual or bisexual contact and 29 via heterosexual contact. The routes of transmission of the remaining 37 cases were undetermined due to inadequate information.
The 131 cases were comprised of 99 males and 32 females.
Of the new cases of AIDS, 43 percent were related to homosexual or bisexual contact and another 50 percent of them were attributed to heterosexual contact.
The latest HIV figure, along with the 30 newly reported cases of AIDS, a disease caused by HIV, have respectively brought the total of reported HIV infections to 5,523 since 1984 and the total of confirmed AIDS cases to 1,311 since 1985.
Reviewing the HIV/AIDS situation in Hong Kong at a press conference yesterday, a medical consultant of the department, Dr Wong Ka-hing, said sexual transmission remained the major mode of HIV transmission in Hong Kong.
Of the 131 new HIV cases reported in this quarter, 65 acquired the infection via homosexual or bisexual contact and 29 via heterosexual contact. The routes of transmission of the remaining 37 cases were undetermined due to inadequate information.
The 131 cases were comprised of 99 males and 32 females.
Of the new cases of AIDS, 43 percent were related to homosexual or bisexual contact and another 50 percent of them were attributed to heterosexual contact.
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