"Sexual transmission of HIV infection is gradually showing up in Iran" Dr Mohammad Mehdi Gooya, the director of the Center for Disease Control of the country said. "This warrants an immediate intervention and if does not take place, we will witness a huge and sudden rise in the frequency of new HIV positive patients" he added. Dr. Gooya recognized three waves of HIV infection. Transfusion of infected blood products to hemophiliacs led to the first wave of infection in 1987. The second wave was diagnosed in 1996-7 by detection of a large number of IV drug abusers within and outside the jails affected with the virus. Dr. Gooya says that although the second wave is now predominant, we have been seeing the signs of the appearance of the third wave since 2 years ago.Third episode of the infection is because of sexual transmission of the virus. Seaking optimistically about a comprehensive interventions program for fighting with HIV with an accent on prevention, he stresses that both governmental and non-governmental organizations are serious in educational programs for people at greatest risk of the infection.
Source: www.jamejamonline.ir , Jan, 10 2007
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