Epidemiological characteristics of HIV infected Korean: Korea HIV/AIDS Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:To manage evidence-based diseases, it is important to identify the characteristics of patients in each country. METHODS:The Korea HIV/AIDS Cohort Study seeks to identify the epidemiological characteristics of 1,442 Korean individuals with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection (12% of Korean individuals with HIV infection in 2017) who visited 21 university hospitals nationwide. The descriptive statistics were presented using the Korea HIV/AIDS cohort data (2006-2016). RESULTS:Men accounted for 93.3% of the total number of respondents, and approximately 55.8% of respondents reported having an acute infection symptom. According to the transmission route, infection caused by sexual contact accounted for 94.4%, of which 60.4% were caused by sexual contact with the same sex or

SUBMITTER: Choi Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6815876 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature