Number of people in QC tested positive for HIV soars to 57
05/03/2012The local health department in Quezon City has observed an increase in the number of people who have been tested positive for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
The number of victims is now 57, all of them men aged 20 to 45, city’s health office chief Antonieta Inumerable said.
HIV infection causes the deadly Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), a condition that gradually destroys the immune system, which makes it harder for the body to fight infections, according to the city health office..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/metro/20120503met4.html
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