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Science 25 July 2008:
Vol. 321. no. 5888, p. 465
DOI: 10.1126/science.1162896
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Editorial

HIV/AIDS in Latin America

Luis E. Soto-Ramírez

Sixteen International Aids Conferences were held before the HIV/AIDS community looked to Latin America and the Caribbean. Finally, next month, the world will pay long-overdue attention to this region when the XVII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2008) is held in Mexico City. Given that so many in Latin America and the Caribbean have died from HIV/AIDS and have fought this disease with the same enthusiasm and passion as in any part of Africa and Asia, there seems no justification for this lack of attention.

Luis E. Soto-Ramírez is a researcher and head of Molecular Virology at the Department of Infectious Diseases of the Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán in Mexico City. He is also co-chair of the XVII International AIDS Conference. E-mail: lsoto{at}quetzal.innsz.mx

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