Three Navajos diagnosed as having AIDS

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An Indian Health Services doctor has diagnosed three Navajos as having Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, AIDS.

The doctors said that two of the three have died within the last year. The third is still being treated.

The doctor has speculated that the victims may have contracted the disease through sex or blood transfusions. He doubts that the victims were affected by intravenous drug usage, another high risk group, since shooting drugs is rare among Navajos.

There is no known cure for AIDS. Victims usually lose their ability to fight off infections and slowly die.