No Evidence of HIV Infection Among the General Population of Mashhad, Northeast of Iran

Miri, Rahele; Ghezeldasht, Sanaz Ahmadi; Mosavat, Arman; Hedayati-Moghaddam, Mohammad Reza

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“…; Miri et al . ). The incidence of HIV infection among Iranian adults was approximated to be 0·2% (Alam Mehrjerdi et al .…”

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“…The number of people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been increasing in all the Asian countries, including Iran (Badiee et al 2010). In 2012, Ministry of Health and Medical Education estimated that 53 000 to 100 000 HIV/AIDS subjects were living in Iran (Alam Mehrjerdi et al 2015;Miri et al 2017). The Letters in Applied Microbiology 67, 392--399 © 2018 The Society for Applied Microbiology incidence of HIV infection among Iranian adults was approximated to be 0Á2% (Alam Mehrjerdi et al 2015).…”

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Iranian HIV/AIDS patients with oropharyngeal candidiasis: identification, prevalence and antifungal susceptibility of Candida species

Khedri

Santos

Roudbary

et al. 2018

Lett Appl Microbiol

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The Candida species recovered from oral cavity of 150 Iranian HIV/AIDS patients and their antifungal susceptibility profiles were reported. Candida albicans was the commonest Candida species, followed by C. dubliniensis, C. tropicalis, C. glabrata, C. kefyr and C. africana. All Candida isolates were susceptible to amphotericin B and caspofungin, while resistance to azoles was detected. The growing drug-resistance profile reported in clinical isolates of C. albicans and non-C. albicans strains is a serious problem in hospitals worldwide. Consequently, the suitable antifungal choice to treat the HIV/AIDS population with oral candidiasis needs to be rethought and new therapeutic options must urgently arise.

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“…; Miri et al . ). The incidence of HIV infection among Iranian adults was approximated to be 0·2% (Alam Mehrjerdi et al .…”

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confidence: 97%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Iranian HIV/AIDS patients with oropharyngeal candidiasis: identification, prevalence and antifungal susceptibility of Candida species

Khedri

Santos

Roudbary

et al. 2018

Lett Appl Microbiol

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“…In a very recent study, Musavi et al systematically reviewed 49 studies comprising 5403,170 donors, estimating the prevalence of HIV infection as low as 7.9 per 100,000 population among Iranian blood donors, with the lowest prevalence in Razavi Khorasan province (0.9 per 100,000 population) (23). Similarly, in the first population-based investigation on the general population of Mashhad, no positive case of HIV infection was identified (24).…”

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Frequency of Viral Transfusion-Transmitted Infections (TTIs) Among Resident and Pilgrim Blood Donors in Mashhad, 2011

2019

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Background: Mashhad is a large pilgrimage city with over 20 million pilgrims and tourists annually. Some pilgrims donate their blood voluntarily during the pilgrimage. Objectives: The present study aimed to compare the prevalence of viral transfusion-transmitted infections (TTIs) between resident and pilgrim blood donors in Mashhad. Methods: We reviewed the records of all blood donors in Mashhad blood centers in 2011. The demographic data and the prevalence of TTIs, including HBV, HCV, HIV, and HTLV-1, were compared between 42821 donors from Mashhad and 15219 donors from other cities of Iran. The data were analyzed using Microsoft Excel 2010 and Epi-Info 6.0 software. Results:The mean age of residents and pilgrims was 34.6 ± 9.9 and 34.2 ± 10 years, respectively. The male to female ratio in the first group was higher than that in the second group (13.1 and 6.6, respectively). One-third of the residents and nearly two-thirds of the pilgrims were first-time blood donors. The most prevalent TTIs among the residents were HTLV-1 (0.39%) and HBV (0.33%); however, the frequencies of these infections were 0.24% and 0.57% among the pilgrims, respectively. The seroprevalence of HCV infection was 0.054% and 0.072% in the first and second groups, respectively. The HIV infection was observed only in one donor from Mashhad. Conclusions: A low prevalence of TTIs, particularly HCV and HIV infections, was found among blood donors from all parts of Iran. A higher prevalence of HTLV-1 infection among Mashhad donor population than among donors from other parts of Iran verified the virus endemicity in this region.

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“…Overall, people in the general population are at a lower risk of being diagnosed with HIV throughout their life, and the risk is even less in the female population. Interestingly, in a population-based sero-epidemiological study on HIV infection in the general population of Mashhad in 2009 there was no evidence of HIV infection ( 15 ). These results showed that in Iran the key populations most affected by HIV but it seems that continue in preventive strategies such as increasing public awareness and free HIV counseling services and testing in public health centers are necessary.…”

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“…For HIV prevention messages to be efficient, it is important to communicate clearly the burden of disease and who is at risk ( 11 ). In previous studies in Iran, the burden of disease is defined in terms of prevalence ( 12 – 15 ). Using new methods to calculate existing cases, can lead to more accurate estimates and one helpful method to provide a more comprehensive assessment of the burden of disease is to estimate lifetime risk.…”

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Estimating the Lifetime and Age-Conditional Risk of an HIV Diagnosis in Iran, 2011-2015

Nasirian

Mahboobi

Maracy

2021

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Background: According to the importance of infectious diseases, especially HIV, the purpose of this study was to estimate lifetime and age-conditional risks of HIV diagnosis in Iran. Methods: We used vital statistics, HIV surveillance and census data for 2011-2015 to calculate Age-specific HIV diagnosis and non-HIV death rates. These rates then converted to the probability of an HIV diagnosis considering the competing risk. Finally, the probabilities were applied to a hypothetical cohort of 10 million live births. The lifetime and age-conditional risk of HIV diagnosis in the total and general population of Iran were calculated by Dev Can software (version 6.7.4). Results: Lifetime risk was 0.084% (95% CI: 0.081-0.088) or one in 1183 for females and 0.21% (95% CI: 0.201- 0.211) or one in 483 for males in the total population. In the general population lifetime risk for men was 0.069% (95% CI: 0.066-0.072) or 1 in 1454 men and 0.066% (95%CI: 0.063-0.069) or one in 1523 for women. In the total and general population, the 10-yr age-conditional risk of HIV diagnosis showed that the highest risk of an HIV diagnosis is related to 30-yr -olds. Conclusion: The estimated risks differed based on gender, age, and type of population. Paying close attention to these differences is critical for infection control planning and policies.

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No Evidence of HIV Infection Among the General Population of Mashhad, Northeast of Iran

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Iranian HIV/AIDS patients with oropharyngeal candidiasis: identification, prevalence and antifungal susceptibility of Candida species

Iranian HIV/AIDS patients with oropharyngeal candidiasis: identification, prevalence and antifungal susceptibility of Candida species

Frequency of Viral Transfusion-Transmitted Infections (TTIs) Among Resident and Pilgrim Blood Donors in Mashhad, 2011

Estimating the Lifetime and Age-Conditional Risk of an HIV Diagnosis in Iran, 2011-2015

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