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A case has been registered against the quack, he said.Chaudhary said the team visited Premganj and Chakmirpur areas of Bangarmau and filed a report, based on which screening camps were held at three places (in Bangarmau) onJanuary 24, January 25 and January 27. "This was the reason behind the significant rise in the number HIV cases."In the camps, 566 people were examined of whom 21 were found to be infected with HIV," the CMO said."

Seeing the high number cases, the health department constituted a two-member committee which visited various hamlets of Bangarmau to investigate the reasons behind the spike," he said.Chief medical officer Dr SP Chaudhary said the matter came to light after the health department launched a probe following reports of "high number of HIV cases" in the area.He said the probe also found that quack Rajendra Kumar, living in a neighbouring village, had used a single syringe for injection in the name of cheaper treatment.

He said the patients have been referred to Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) centre in Kanpur.Unnao: At least China Resistance band 21 people became infected with HIV in Unnao allegedly after a quack used a common syringe to administer injection, an official said today."A case against the quack has been registered in Bangarmau police station, the CMO said.ART also prevents onward transmission of HIV, he said..ART consists of a combination of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs to maximally suppress the HIV and stop its progression