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Antes de implantar la vacunación sistemática contra la hepatitis B, casi todos los niños de los países en desarrollo se infectaban. | Before the widespread use of the hepatitis B vaccine, almost all children in developing countries used to become infected with the virus. |
En no pocos casos, estos cultivos se infectaban. | In not few cases, these crops were infected. |
Al mismo tiempo, 14.000 personas nuevas se infectaban diariamente. | At the same time, 14,000 people per day were newly infected. |
Antes que el programa de vacunación comenzara en los Estados Unidos en 1963, hasta 4 millones de personas se infectaban cada año. | Before the vaccine program began in the United States in 1963, as many as 4 million people became infected every year. |
Aunque las perspectivas difieren, una sola verdad se revela: no podemos romper la curva de esta epidemia, en la que en 2010 cinco personas se infectaban por cada tres que comenzaban el tratamiento, si adoptamos un enfoque orientado a mantener el statu quo. | While perspectives differ, one simple truth emerges: we cannot break the arc of this epidemic - where five people were newly infected for every three starting treatment in 2010 - if we adopt a 'business as usual' approach. |
