Tracking the evolution of HIV/AIDS in China from 1989-2009 to inform future prevention and control efforts.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To determine policy implications, this analysis tracks the evolution of HIV/AIDS infection across China to understand current trends and potential risk factors.

Methods and principal findings

A retrospective study with spatial analytical model and multilevel spatial models was conducted among 326,157 HIV/AIDS cases reported from 1989-2009. The results indicate that the distribution of HIV/AIDS was clustered at the county level with different directional distributions across China from 2003 to 2009. Compared to 2003, by 2009 there was a 122% increase in HIV cases among rural residents, 294% increase among urban residents, 211% increase among migrants, and 237% increase among permanent residents. The overall proportion of HIV by different routes of transmission show

SUBMITTER: Jia Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3187780 | biostudies-literature | 2011

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature