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Published online 2 October 2006 |
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| doi:10.1038/news061002-3
Corrected online: 3 October 2006
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Dirty needles, dirty dealings
Documentary draws attention to the role of hygiene in HIV transmission in Libya.
There are two accounts of how hundreds of children in a Libyan hospital mysteriously contracted HIV in the late 1990s. One says unhygienic medical practices fuelled the outbreak.
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