A Geographic Hotspot and Emerging Transmission Cluster of the HIV-1 Epidemic Among Older Adults in a Rural Area of Eastern China
| Autor: | Xiaohong Pan, Jun Jiang, Jiafeng Zhang, Qin Fan, Mingyu Luo, Liyang Qiu, Jianmin Jiang, Xiaobei Ding |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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China medicine.medical_specialty Immunology Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) HIV Infections Condom distribution medicine.disease_cause Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Virology Epidemiology medicine Humans Epidemics Phylogeny Aged Eastern china virus diseases Middle Aged medicine.disease Infectious Diseases Geography HIV-1 Health education Rural area Demography |
| Zdroj: | AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 36:712-720 |
| ISSN: | 1931-8405 0889-2229 |
| DOI: | 10.1089/aid.2019.0293 |
| Popis: | Despite the implementation of health education and free condom distribution for decades, the HIV/AIDS epidemic among older adults in China shows no sign of declining. This study aims to identify HIV transmission patterns and pathways in a rural county area and provide insight for developing effective HIV prevention strategies among older adults. Epidemiological field surveys combined with phylogenetic analysis were used to identify potential HIV transmission linkage in one rural county with a rapidly increasing HIV epidemic among older adults. A total of 160 HIV-positive individuals and their HIV-positive sexual partners diagnosed between 2015 and 2018 were recruited. Among them, 69.4% ( |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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