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In

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Western and Central Europe, nearly 740,000 people are living with HIV-AIDS.

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The number of people that become HIV-positive in a given year has more than doubled since

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1998. In 2005, 28,000 persons discovered they were carrying the virus.

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The number of new infections is on the rise everywhere in the EU and its neighbouring

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countries. A European Commission survey shows that people

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know less and less about the disease. 24% of people are firmly convinced that AIDS

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can be contracted by kissing someone on the mouth, and 30% are not sure, which means that

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more than half don't understand how AIDS is transmitted.

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In fact, the virus can be transmitted only by mucus, a wound, a used syringe or a contaminated

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fluid. There are five biological fluids that can

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contain enough virus to allow transmission. Blood, sperm, pre-seminal fluid in the male,

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vaginal secretions in the female, and mother's milk.

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Among HIV-positive people, one person in three is not aware that he or she is carrying the

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deadly virus. One young adult in two takes no precautions.

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In 2005, 12,000 people in Western and Central Europe died of AIDS.

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Condoms also protect against many more contagious diseases, such as herpes, hepatitis B or condylinus.

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Let's protect ourselves.

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Learn more at www.cdc.gov.uk