"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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Sunday, January 14, 2007
Health in the news: Updates on HIV/AIDS in Iran
Below is the latest update on the number of people with HIV/AIDS in Iran according to the MOH periodical report on the incidence of HIV/AIDS.
The latest HIV/AIDS statistics (December 20, 2006) show:
1- HIV positive or AIDS: 14,090 diagnosed cases (13,308 (94.4%) male and 782(5.6%) female).
2-From the total mentioned above, 789 male and 75 female have diagnosed as AIDS.
3-4407 of them are in the age range of 25-34 years (most frequent affected age group) followed by the age group of 35-44 years with 3338 cases. Among cases with AIDS: 25-34 years:298 cases, and 35-44: 296 AIDS patients.
4-Most frequent route of the infection transmission was IV drug abusing (64.9%) followed by unknown (25.5%), Sexual (7.5%), blood and blood products transfusion(1.7%) and finally vertical (maternal) transmission(0.5%). Among those died of AIDS: IV drug abusing (72.1%), unknown (10.5%),sexual(9.1%),blood and blood products transfusion(7.1%), and vertical transmission(0.6%).
5-Mortality: 1760 deaths (96.3 % male) up to the date of this report.
Source: http://pezeshkan.ir, Jan 6 2007
My comment: According to different sources some 2 (an official report) to 6 (WHO estimates) million individuals in Iran are opium addict. A considerable majority of the addicts are IV drug abusers. If drug addiction continues to be this high, IV drug abusing will remain the main route of HIV transmission in Iran. It seems that the contribution of sexual contacts (mostly heterosexual) as a route of HIV transmission in the total number of HIV positives will considerably rise in near future.
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The latest HIV/AIDS statistics (December 20, 2006) show:
1- HIV positive or AIDS: 14,090 diagnosed cases (13,308 (94.4%) male and 782(5.6%) female).
2-From the total mentioned above, 789 male and 75 female have diagnosed as AIDS.
3-4407 of them are in the age range of 25-34 years (most frequent affected age group) followed by the age group of 35-44 years with 3338 cases. Among cases with AIDS: 25-34 years:298 cases, and 35-44: 296 AIDS patients.
4-Most frequent route of the infection transmission was IV drug abusing (64.9%) followed by unknown (25.5%), Sexual (7.5%), blood and blood products transfusion(1.7%) and finally vertical (maternal) transmission(0.5%). Among those died of AIDS: IV drug abusing (72.1%), unknown (10.5%),sexual(9.1%),blood and blood products transfusion(7.1%), and vertical transmission(0.6%).
5-Mortality: 1760 deaths (96.3 % male) up to the date of this report.
Source: http://pezeshkan.ir, Jan 6 2007
My comment: According to different sources some 2 (an official report) to 6 (WHO estimates) million individuals in Iran are opium addict. A considerable majority of the addicts are IV drug abusers. If drug addiction continues to be this high, IV drug abusing will remain the main route of HIV transmission in Iran. It seems that the contribution of sexual contacts (mostly heterosexual) as a route of HIV transmission in the total number of HIV positives will considerably rise in near future.
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