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Vietnam investigates abnormal HIV outbreak in northern province
By Staff reporters August 14, 2018 | 03:20 pm GMT+7
An unlicensed clinic is the main suspect after 42 residents of a commune in northern Vietnam tested HIV positive.
Health authorities in the northern province of Phu Tho, a two hour drive northeast of Hanoi, are investigating an HIV outbreak which they suspect is connected to unlicensed examinations offered by a private clinic.
Health officials last month took blood samples from 500 residents in the remote commune to carry out a quick HIV test after two people died of HIV/AIDS disease and four new HIV cases were spotted in the commune between February and June.
The blood test results found 42 villagers infected with the HIV virus, but the source of infection is yet to be identified...
Vietnam investigates abnormal HIV outbreak in northern province
By Staff reporters August 14, 2018 | 03:20 pm GMT+7
An unlicensed clinic is the main suspect after 42 residents of a commune in northern Vietnam tested HIV positive.
Health authorities in the northern province of Phu Tho, a two hour drive northeast of Hanoi, are investigating an HIV outbreak which they suspect is connected to unlicensed examinations offered by a private clinic.
Health officials last month took blood samples from 500 residents in the remote commune to carry out a quick HIV test after two people died of HIV/AIDS disease and four new HIV cases were spotted in the commune between February and June.
The blood test results found 42 villagers infected with the HIV virus, but the source of infection is yet to be identified...