Thursday, March 8, 2007

Lengthy battle seen remaining against AIDS

SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- It may be possible to battle AIDS into a low rate of infection, but it will take a long time and elimination of the disease seems unlikely, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease said.

Currently there are 40,000 new infections in the United States each year with HIV -- the virus that causes AIDS -- and 4.3 million new infections around the world, he said.

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