101.   Young women are especially vulnerable in Africa, where their infection rates are three times higher than in men, the study said.

102.   Activists accused Pfizer of profiting on its AIDS drugs even as infection rates rise in Africa and other developing countries.

103.   Activists accuse Pfizer of profiting on its AIDS drugs even as infection rates rise in Africa and other developing countries.

104.   Already, the disease is hurting the economies of African countries with the highest infection rates, said Annan, a native of Ghana.

105.   Although Asia has relatively low infection rates overall, there are fears that could change because of the density of its population.

106.   At present, South Africa only monitors HIV infection rates at free ante-natal clinics, which the government said was not a representative sample.

107.   Black leaders urged the Bush administration Friday to step up efforts to slow the alarming spread of AIDS among minorities, calling soaring infection rates a national emergency.

108.   But ignorance, complacency and poverty are sending infection rates climbing in many nations.

109.   But while infection rates were leveling off in Uganda, they continued to rise elsewhere, especially populous countries like Nigeria and South Africa.

110.   But, partly thanks to the condom-tree program, infection rates are now falling.