Expansion of HIV/AIDS in china lessons from Yunnan province
In this article we systematically and critically review the Chinese and English language literature on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-related studies in Yunnan Province, Southwestern China. Yunnan Province had the first Chinese HIV outbreak and is still the worst affected area in the nation. Since 1989, HIV infection has extended from injecting drug users into the general population through sexual transmission. Since the economic reform of the 1980s, changed social norms and increased migration have spawned increases in HIV-related risk behaviors such as drug use and commercial sex work. A smaller size of "bridge" populations and lower sexual contact rates between persons in "bridge" and general populations may explain the slower expansion of the HIV epidemic in Yunnan compared to nearby Southeast Asian nations. In 2004, women in antenatal care had a 0.38% HIV prevalence province wide, although >1% infection rates are seen in those counties with high injection drug rates.
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| Format: | Texto biblioteca |
| Language: | eng |
| Subjects: | Trabajo sexual, Abuso de drogas, Discriminación, Síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida, Enfermedades de transmisión sexual, Inmigrantes, |
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