AIDS epidemic to haunt ordinary Chinese

时间：2007-09-11 09:19:05

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Chinanews, Zhengzhou, September 11 – According to Han Mengjie, assistant director of the Office of AIDS Prevention and Control of the State Council of China, AIDS epidemic1 in the country is spreading from high-risk groups to ordinary residents.

 

Statistics show that more than 50% of drug addicts2 who take narcotics3 by injection in Xinjiang, Yunnan and Sichuan are infected with the disease.

 

In the first 6 months of 2007 alone, 18,543 new HIV carriers and 4,314 new AIDS patients were reported, of whom 2,039 are dead by now. By the end of last July, 214,300 AIDS-infected persons had been reported in China, including 56,758 patients, of whom 18,246 had been dead.

 

Sharing injectors among drug addicts has become one of the major ways of AIDS contagion4. 50.8% of drug addicts have shared injectors with fellow drug abusers. By the way, 11% of them have had unprotected sex.

 

Nearly 63% of prostitutes in China don’t take any protective measures when having sex, which will also help the spread of AIDS and other venereal diseases.

 

Large shifting population also makes it harder for China to put the disease under control.

 
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1 epidemic 5iTzz     
n.流行病；盛行；adj.流行性的，流传极广的
参考例句：
  • That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
  • The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。
2 addicts abaa34ffd5d9e0d57b7acefcb3539d0c     
有…瘾的人( addict的名词复数 )； 入迷的人
参考例句：
  • a unit for rehabilitating drug addicts 帮助吸毒者恢复正常生活的机构
  • There is counseling to help Internet addicts?even online. 有咨询机构帮助网络沉迷者。 来自超越目标英语 第3册
3 narcotics 6c5fe7d3dc96f0626f1c875799f8ddb1     
n.麻醉药( narcotic的名词复数 )；毒品；毒
参考例句：
  • The use of narcotics by teenagers is a problem in many countries. 青少年服用麻醉药在许多国家中都是一个问题。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • Police shook down the club, looking for narcotics. 警方彻底搜查了这个俱乐部，寻找麻醉品。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 contagion 9ZNyl     
n.(通过接触的疾病)传染；蔓延
参考例句：
  • A contagion of fear swept through the crowd.一种恐惧感在人群中迅速蔓延开。
  • The product contagion effect has numerous implications for marketing managers and retailers.产品传染效应对市场营销管理者和零售商都有很多的启示。

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