GENEVA (Reuters) - HIV infections are on the rise in all regions and in China the deadly virus is gradually spreading from high-risk groups to the general population, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
Nearly 40 million adults and children are infected worldwide and the most striking increases in new cases have been in east Asia and in eastern Europe/central Asia, mainly due to drug use and unsafe sex, UNAIDS and the World Health Organisation said.
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