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Virology Research Journal | Volume 2
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May 18-19, 2018 | Montreal, Canada
2
nd
World Conference on
STDs, STIs & HIV/AIDS
I
n order to control prevalence and transmission of HIV in
a particular population of HIV/AIDS, it is highly important
to understand changes in the epidemiology, incidence and
prevalence of HIV. So, we can set up action plan and evaluate
the effectiveness of current national strategies to limit the
spread of infection. Based on Iranian HIV comprehensive
electronic data management system a total of 36571 people
have been identified and registered for HIV till September
of 2017, of them 83% are male and 17% are women. 52%
of the cases are in the group aged 21 to 35 years. Of the
total number of cases, there are 10097 deaths registered
and 5345 people have entered the AIDS stage. The causes of
HIV are recorded among all cases were IDU (65.4%), sexual
transmission (20.1%), mother-to-child transmission (1.5%)
and in 12.4 % is unknown. Also according to UNAIDS, it has
been estimated that a total of 66500 HIV cases are living in
Iran. However, the pattern of transmission pathways and
the incidence of men and women has changed in recent
years. In such a way that it is detected from all cases 33%
of cases are women and 67% are men in the first six months
of this year. The possible ways of transmitting HIV in these
individuals are respectively sexual transmission (47.1 %), IDU
(32%), mother-to-child transmission (2.6%) and unknown
(18.2%). To sum up, it seems that due to changes in the
epidemiology of the disease and in order to prevent its
transmission and eradication, HIV/STI prevention education
program especially for teens and youth must be held. Also,
transmission of HIV often is rooted in social harm and health
professionals should be educated in schools.
e:
drmasoudmardani@yahoo.comChange of epidemiology of HIV from IDU to sexually transmitted diseases in Iran
Masoud Mardani
University of Medical Sciences, Iran