0 9 Reference Reference NNP 9 10 : : : 11 28 CEP20020515000133 CEP20020515000133 NNP 29 35 Moscow Moscow NNP 36 44 Interfax Interfax NNP 45 47 in in IN 48 55 English English NNP 56 60 1021 1021 CD 61 64 GMT GMT NNP 65 67 15 15 CD 68 71 May May NNP 72 74 02 02 CD 78 84 HEALTH HEALTH NNP 86 92 MOSCOW moscow RB 92 93 . . . 94 97 May May NNP 98 100 15 15 CD 101 102 ( ( ( 102 110 Interfax Interfax NNP 110 111 ) ) ) 112 113 - - : 114 116 As as IN 117 119 of of IN 120 125 today today NN 125 126 , , , 127 134 194,000 194,000 CD 135 138 HIV HIV NNP 139 144 cases case NNS 145 149 have have VBP 150 154 been be VBN 155 165 registered register VBN 166 168 in in IN 169 175 Russia Russia NNP 175 176 , , , 177 184 Federal Federal NNP 185 189 AIDS AIDS NNP 190 196 Center Center NNP 197 205 director director NN 206 211 Vadim Vadim NNP 212 221 Pokrovsky Pokrovsky NNP 222 226 said say VBD 227 229 at at IN 230 232 an an DT 233 241 Interfax Interfax NNP 242 247 press press NN 248 258 conference conference NN 259 261 on on IN 262 271 Wednesday Wednesday NNP 271 272 . . . 273 276 The the DT 277 283 number number NN 284 286 of of IN 287 290 HIV HIV NNP 291 296 cases case NNS 297 304 totaled total VBD 305 311 around around IN 312 319 177,000 177,000 CD 320 322 in in IN 323 331 December December NNP 332 336 2001 2001 CD 336 337 , , , 338 347 Pokrovsky Pokrovsky NNP 348 352 said say VBD 352 353 . . . 354 358 Thus thus RB 358 359 , , , 360 363 HIV HIV NNP 364 369 cases case NNS 370 373 are be VBP 374 376 up up RB 377 379 by by IN 380 386 17,000 17,000 CD 386 387 , , , 388 390 he he PRP 391 395 said say VBD 395 396 . . . 397 408 Furthermore furthermore RB 408 409 , , , 410 411 “ `` `` 411 414 HIV HIV NNP 415 423 develops develop VBZ 424 428 over over IN 429 430 a a DT 431 435 very very RB 436 440 long long JJ 441 447 period period NN 448 450 of of IN 451 455 time time NN 455 456 . . . 457 463 People people NNS 464 470 become become VBP 471 474 ill ill NN 475 477 in in IN 478 483 seven seven CD 484 486 or or CC 487 492 eight eight CD 493 498 years year NNS 498 499 , , , 500 509 therefore therefore RB 509 510 , , , 511 518 doctors doctor NNS 519 525 cannot cannot MD 526 533 monitor monitor VB 534 537 all all DT 538 541 who who WP 542 546 have have VBP 547 557 contracted contract VBN 558 561 the the DT 562 571 infection infection NN 571 572 , , , 572 573 ” '' '' 574 576 he he PRP 577 581 said say VBD 581 582 . . . 583 586 The the DT 587 597 government government NN 598 604 should should MD 605 609 take take VB 610 616 urgent urgent JJ 617 625 measures measure NNS 626 628 to to TO 629 636 prevent prevent VB 637 640 and and CC 641 645 cure cure VB 646 649 HIV HIV NNP 650 653 and and CC 654 658 AIDS AIDS NNP 658 659 , , , 660 662 he he PRP 663 667 said say VBD 667 668 . . . 669 678 Otherwise otherwise RB 678 679 , , , 680 683 the the DT 684 691 surging surging JJ 692 700 epidemic epidemic NN 701 706 could could MD 707 711 turn turn VB 712 716 into into IN 717 718 “ `` `` 718 719 a a DT 720 728 national national JJ 729 737 security security NN 738 744 threat threat NN 744 745 , , , 745 746 ” '' '' 747 749 he he PRP 750 754 said say VBD 754 755 . . . 758 765 Central Central NNP 766 773 Eurasia Eurasia NNP 774 780 Russia Russia NNP 781 787 Russia Russia NNP