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Chile's lapse in notification leaves HIV-positive unaware

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A ballooning number of people in Chile were not told they had tested positive for HIV and therefore were denied potentially lifesaving treatment. Officials said this month that the public health system had failed to notify 512 people of their status and that private health centers had not contacted more than 1,000 others.
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