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Economic Indicator: HIV, AIDS and Other Major Infectious Disease Rates
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Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010
Full Dataset: from 1993 to 2008
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: CIA Factbook
National or Regional Currency: Naira
Currency Symbol: NGN
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 3.6% (2009 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 3.3 million (2009 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths: 220,000 (2009 est.)
Major infectious diseases: degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever vectorborne disease: malaria and yellow fever respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis aerosolized dust or soil contact disease: one of the most highly endemic areas for Lassa fever water contact disease: leptospirosis and shistosomiasis animal contact disease: rabies note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)