Five more HIV cases detected in May<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Five more people carrying the Human
\nImmunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or suffering from Acquired Immune
\nDeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) were identified last month, taking the
\ntotal number of reported cases in Indonesia to 406.<\/p>\n
All but one of the new suffers have full-blown AIDS, the
\nDirectorate General of Communicable Diseases Control said in a
\nstatement made available to The Jakarta Post yesterday.<\/p>\n
Three of the new cases were found in Irian Jaya, one in
\nJakarta and the person with HIV lives in East Kalimantan.<\/p>\n
All of the people with full-blown AIDS are Indonesians while
\nthe nationality of the person with HIV is still unknown.<\/p>\n
The ministry's data showed that two of the people who have
\nfull-blown AIDS are women and the other two are men. All of them
\nare heterosexual.<\/p>\n
The national total now comprises 103 people with full-blown
\nAIDS -- 63 of whom have died, and 303 HIV-positive people.<\/p>\n
Jakarta still tops the list with 140 HIV and AIDS patients,
\nIrian Jaya comes second with 105, Bali and East Java each have
\n33, Riau has 29 carriers and South Sumatra has 23 carriers.<\/p>\n
HIV\/AIDS cases have not yet been reported in Aceh, Bengkulu,
\nCentral Kalimantan, Central Sulawesi, East Nusa Tenggara, East
\nTimor, Jambi, Lampung, North Sulawesi, South Kalimantan, South
\nSulawesi or Southeast Sulawesi.<\/p>\n
The ministry routinely receives reports from regional and
\nlocal health offices about the results of their AIDS and HIV
\nmonitoring. (31)<\/p>",
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