Retrovirology

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Open Access Editorial

Libya, HIV, and open communication

Kuan-Teh Jeang

Author Affiliations

The National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

Retrovirology 2006, 3:99 doi:10.1186/1742-4690-3-99

Published: 28 December 2006

Abstract

This year-end editorial discusses several points including the recent Libyan verdict sentencing five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor to death for allegedly infecting 426 children with HIV. It also comments on the role played by open communication for bridging cultural misunderstandings and summarizes briefly Retrovirology's progress in 2006.