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The U.S. federal capital, Washington, suffering an AIDS epidemic to record a 3% of HIV-positive, especially among black adults 40-49 years according to a study released Monday by health services in the city.

In late 2008, 3% of the population over 12 years had the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS, according to this study.

In comparison, the rate of infection in Washington, which has about 600,000, is higher than the poorest countries and least developed countries such as Burkina Faso and Ukraine (1.6% of HIV-positive, according to UNAIDS, the United Nations Environment Programme AIDS).

Those most affected are blacks and adults 40 to 49 years (about 7% of HIV-positive in both groups). White women (0.2%) and Hispanics (0.7%) are less affected. Read the rest of this entry »