HIV/AIDS cases reach to 466

JAKARTA: This month three more people -- two Jakarta residents and a West Java resident -- have been infected with HIV/AIDS, an official from the Ministry of Health said this weekend.

With this weekend's report, the total number of HIV/AIDS cases this year in Indonesia reached 466, Director General for the Control of Contagious Diseases Hadi M. Abednego was quoted by Antara as saying.

Abednego said that of the total number of infected people, 354 were HIV positive and 112 have full-blown AIDS. He said 311 are men and 135 women.

Further, Abednego said that 376 contracted the disease through sexual contact, five through injection needles, two through blood transfusions, two being hemophiliacs, and one baby through its mother. The origins of the other cases are yet unknown. (08)