The number of Chinese students infected with HIV increased by 24.5% year-on-year in 2012, and sex between men was the main cause of the new infections, a senior health expert said.
There were 1,700 students infected with HIV last year, Yu Jingjin, director of the bureau of disease control and prevention under the National Health and Family Planning Commission, was quoted by China's (Xinhua) News Agency as saying. Yu said 64.8% contracted the virus through sex with people of the same gender. Eighty-seven percent of HIV cases were sexually transmitted. In China, more than 7,000 students are HIV carriers or AIDS patients, Yu said during an event to promote HIV prevention on campuses.
Source: BNA
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