Haitians brought HIV to US


	Haitians brought HIV to US

Deepti

10-31-2007 9:12 AM

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haiti, immigrant, us, hiv, america, aids, congo

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10-31-2007 6:50 PM

Rashid Malik

And now its the Haitians!

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