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HIV is spreading fastest in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. The number of people infected almost tripled between 1999 and 2002.

These regions appeared to have escaped the epidemic until the late 1990s when cases increased sharply, largely driven by intravenous drug use.

The number of people affected, however, is small compared to that in Africa.

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