Czech doctors have diagnosed 35 cases of HIV in first quarter of 2011

In the fist quarter of 2011, Czech doctors diagnosed a total of thirty-five new cases of patients infected with the HIV-virus. One case of AIDS ended fatally in the same period. The information was released Friday by the Czech Aids Help Society. To date, a total of 1557 cases of infection with the HIV-virus have been detected in the Czech Republic since 1986. Compared to other industrialized nations, the rate of infection in the Czech Republic is relatively low, however the Czech Aids Help Society warns that awareness of the risks of unprotected sex is still as important as ever, despite the fact that thanks to a number of new medications, HIV is no longer the death sentence that it once was.

Author: Sarah Borufka