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From: IPWP400%INDYCMS.BITNET@oac.ucla.edu (Phil Paxton)
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Regarding Romania:

The story I have read in various science columns/journals:

The practice of reusing needles is not the only way AIDs has been
transmitted to younger children/babies.

1) The blood supply is not screened.

2) They have a routine medical practice whereby premature children (i.e.
those with a low body weight) or those who are sickly are regularly
given blood transfusions.

As a result, the country has one of the highest infection rates for
children in the world...