51.   AIDS is on the rise in Russia and other parts of the former Soviet Union, fueled in part by drug addicts sharing needles.

52.   AIDS is spread through sexual contact, contaminated needles shared by drug users, and infected blood or blood products and from pregnant women to their offspring.

53.   AIDS is most commonly spread through sexual contact, contaminated needles shared by drug users, infected blood or blood products and from pregnant women to their offspring.

54.   AIDS is rampant among the addicts, who share needles.

55.   Amaral used her own story to illustrate the dangers of sharing needles and having unprotected sex.

56.   And the virus can spread among drug users who share needles, accounting for the second largest number of total AIDS cases in America.

57.   Drug addicts who share needles accounted for most cases.

58.   Drug addicts who share needles accounted for most of the cases.

59.   Drug abusers sharing needles have been among the hardest hit, but the virus has also spread through blood banks and sex and from mothers to their unborn children.

60.   Increasing rates of infection in Eastern Europe and former Soviet Union among drug addicts sharing needles.