YEREVAN. – Forty-one HIV and 20 AIDS cases were registered in Armenia in Jan. - March 2011 with ten fatal cases, representative of AIDS republican center Arshak Papoyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

 In 51% of cases AIDS is acquired through sexual transmission, in 40% - sharing needles or injection equipment with a drug user.

From 1988 to 2011 a total of 1012 AIDS cases were registered in Armenia, including 148 registered in 2010.