Passage: The results were published in Johannesburg on Wednesday, one day ahead of the annual World AIDS Day that once again singles southern Africa out as "epicenter" of global AIDS pandemic. HIV prevalence among young adults in the 15-49 age group increased slightly from 15.6 percent in 2002 to 16.2 percent in 2005, which "may be an indication that the epidemic in the general population of South Africa has entered a phase of leveling off," said Olive Shisana, principal investigator and CEO of HSRC.
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