Word: manipur
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Many developing countries are now facing exploding rates of infection that far outstrip those seen in the U.S., both in magnitude and rate of growth. More than 90 percent of all new HIV cases are in developing countries. It was in Manipur, India, in the early 1990s that the fastest growth rate of HIV infection in the world was recorded. Within less than 18 months, rates of infection among the city's intravenous drug users skyrocketed from less than 2 percent to more than 90 percent. India now has more than 5 million cases of HIV, more than any other...