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Sharifzadeh G, Zarban A, Hajihosseini M, Azarkar G, Mahdizadeh K, Shayesteh M et al . HIV/AIDS High Risk Behaviors and Necessity of Prevention in the Population of Birjand, East of Iran 2013 to 2014: A Population-Based Study. Mod Care J 2016; 13 (3)
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HIV/AIDS High Risk Behaviors and Necessity of Prevention in the Population of Birjand, East of Iran 2013 to 2014: A Population-Based Study
Gholamreza Sharifzadeh1 , Asghar Zarban2 , Morteza Hajihosseini3 , Ghodsiyeh Azarkar4 , Kambiz Mahdizadeh5 , Majid Shayesteh6 , Masood Ziaee *7
1- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
2- Antioxidant and Metabolism Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
3- Cardiovascular Diseases Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
4- Infectious Diseases Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
5- Deputy for Health, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
6- Birjand CDC Manager, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
7- Masood Ziaee, Infectious Diseases Research Center‚ Professor of Infectious Diseases‚ Department of Internal Medicine‚ Faculty of Medicine‚ Birjand University of Medical Sciences‚ Birjand‚ Iran. Tel: +98-9151613942, E-mail: dr.m.ziaee@gmail.com
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Background: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/ acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a major threat for public health around the world. Objectives: This study aimed at investigating the prevalence of HIV/ADIS high risk behaviors and necessity of prevention in the population of Birjand, East of Iran. Methods: This population-based study was conducted on 5235 subjects from Birjand, East of Iran, during years 2013 to 2014. Subjects were asked to complete a checklist including gender, marital status, and history of drug injection, tattooing, unsafe sexual contact, imprisonment, dental surgeries, bloodletting, and blood transfusion. All subjects were tested by commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits to detect Anti-HIV antibodies (HIVAb; Genscreen® plus HIV Ag-Ab, Bio-Rad, Matnes la coquette, France). The chi-square test was performed and P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Prevalence of HIV was zero. Also, result of the study showed that 9 (0.2%) subjects had a history of drug injection, 81 (1.5%) history of tattooing, 44 (0.8%) unsafe sexual contact, 39 (0.7%) history of imprisonment, 1709 (32.6%) history of dental surgeries, and 802 (15.3%) history of bloodletting. History of drug injection, history of tattooing, unsafe sexual contact, history of imprisonment, and history of dental surgeries showed a significant relationship with gender. Conclusions: It is recommended to increase knowledge about HIV/AIDS behaviors especially in low risk populations to prevent the occurrence of new cases.
Keywords: High Risk Behaviors, Prevent
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Received: 2026/01/10 | Accepted: 2016/07/15 | Published: 2016/07/15
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