Aids Becomes China's Deadliest Infectious Disease
Call & Post; Columbus, Ohio › September 04, 2009
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AIDS was the third deadliest infectious disease in China in 2005, the health ministry said. It is now the first, followed by tuberculosis, rabies, hepatitis and infant's tetanus - common in rural areas where the stump of a newborn's umbilical cord gets infected - the Xinhua report late Tuesday said.
The HIV virus that causes AIDS gained a foothold in China largely due to unsanitary blood plasma-buying schemes and tainted transfusions in hospitals.See the full content of this document
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Aids Becomes China's Deadliest Infectious Disease
BEIJING - AIDS was the top killer among infectious diseases in China for the first time last year, with...
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