backstage practice

Recently ( ) statistics show 2006 saw ( ) rise in people in Japan with HIV/AIDS. The report released late last month by the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry ( ) there were 952 people newly ( ) as HIV-positive and 406 new cases of full-blown AIDS. The 2006 total is 159 cases--a 13 percent increase--over the previous year's findings, and the third year in a row ( ) which there were more than 1,000 new infections.

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One reason for the increase is the rise in number of the nation's health centers ( ) provide free, anonymous HIV tests ( ) holidays and nights. Same-day results and test information available on the Internet also have ( ) an increase in the number of people being tested. 2006 saw a 16 percent rise, with about 116,550 people ( ) tested. ( ) fact, some Tokyo health centers saw a 12-fold jump in one year in the number of people ( ) for the immunodeficiency syndrome.

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