Rate of HIV infection is rising among over 50s across the world.The article reports on the increase in the global prevalence of HIV infection in people aged over 50 years.ArieSophieBMJ: British Medical Journal (Overseas & Retired Doctors Edition)...
10 (Xinhua) -- A new study to be unveiled here next week shows that an HIV vaccine with a 60 percent efficacy can reduce the infection rate of HIV/AIDS by 40 percent, an HIV/AIDS expert said here on Thursday. Kihumuro Apuuli, Director General of Uganda AIDS Commission told reporters ...
of them used condom each time having sex in the past month.1 HIV antibody positive case was detected from 403 samples;HIV-positive rate was 0.25%.Syphilis-positive rate 1.49%,HBsAg-positive rate 6.45%.Conclusion:The awareness of AIDS among female sex workers suggests insufficient knowledge of ...
Methods HIV test,rapid plasma reagin test(RPR) and questionnaire survey were conducted among the people receiving VCT for HIV in Fengtai district,Beijing from 2010 to 2012. Results The infection rate of HIV was 2. 1%,1. 5% and 5. 3% and the prevalence of syphilis was 3. 9%,2. 2% ...
HIV (āch′ī-vē′) n. A retrovirus of the genusLentivirusthat causes AIDS by infecting helper T cells of the immune system. The most common serotype, HIV-1, is distributed worldwide, while HIV-2 is primarily confined to West Africa. ...
Affordable preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention led to an approximate 10-fold reduction in the incidence of new infections, according to results from what’s thought to be the largest and longest study of its kind. Previous PrEP studies had followed up participants for ...
HIV seropositivity rate.Results A total of 1000 MSM,averagely aged(27.8±9.1)years,were interviewed,among whom 43.9% perceive AIDS knowledge.78.6% had anal intercourse with male partners,31.8% of whom always used condom in the past 6 months.8.0% participants had commercial sex with men in the...
The current study investigated the impact of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/hepatitis B virus (HBV) co-infection on the rate of change of antiretroviral drugs after the initiation of highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART). The data on 1425 HIV-positive patients with recorded serology for...
The rate of continued condom use was 44.3% in homosexual sex in the past 6 months, while the rate in heterosexual sex was 33.9%. Laboratory test results showed that the prevalences of HIV and syphilis were 7.1% (20/280) and 15.0% (42/280), respectively, but no HCV-positive person ...