World AIDS congress opens in Uruguay

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World AIDS congress opens in Uruguay

The 8th World Congress on AIDS and Sexually-Transmitted Diseases opened Tuesday in the Uruguayan tourist resort of Punta del Este, 140 kilometers from this capital.

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The 8th World Congress on AIDS and Sexually-Transmitted Diseases opened Tuesday in the Uruguayan tourist resort of Punta del Este, 140 kilometers from this capital.

Some 1,000 people are attending the congress which runs until Friday. Some 300 papers on AIDS research will be presented at the meeting.

Roberto Gallo, the US researcher who discovered the HIV virus, will take part in the event.

The congress will focus on two basic issues: the latest therapeutical strategies to fight the virus and research projects to develop a preventive vaccine.

The AIDS virus currently affects 40 million people in the world,killing 8,000 per day, the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed on Monday.

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