4 HIV-infected people traced on anti-AIDS days

During the 10-day anti-AIDS campaign, which was held in Azerbaijan from December 1 till 10, the AIDS Prevention and Prophylactics Center received 280 phone calls, 42 people personally applied to it and 3,703 blood samples were taken in the country, including 1451 samples in the Center. 4 people proved HIV positive and were taken to the dispensary and 13 suspected cases were detected. In regional laboratories 14 HIV suspected infection cases were traced and 9 of them proved HIV positive.

The facts imply the tendency for AIDS outbreak nationwide, the Center said in a statement Saturday.*