HIV outbreak infects hundreds of children

'Researchers believe the virus has been spread by doctors who do not use clean needles' (stock photo)

Ben Farmer

Hundreds of babies and toddlers have been found infected with HIV in a Pakistani city in an "unprecedented" outbreak of the virus in which children are the worst affected.

Three-quarters of those testing positive for the virus since the outbreak was discovered a month ago in Rotadero in Sindh province are children, with nearly two-thirds aged five or under.