National Reference Laboratory registers 44 new HIV cases in 1Q

The National Reference Laboratory for HIV/AIDS has revealed that the first three months of 2012 doctors registered 44 new cases of HIV infection, mostly among men. During that period, experts tested around 316,900 people, according to numbers released by the public health laboratory on Friday. This year’s increase in the first quarter represents a two-year high: in 2011 there were 35 new cases and a year before that, 42. The number of HIV cases in the Czech Republic has increased yearly over the last decade.

Author: Jan Velinger