Risk Factors and Interventions for HIV Control in China
Year: 2014
Type: dissertation
Abstract: __Abstract__ \n \nAcquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is caused by the human immunodefiency \nvirus (HIV) and has been recognized as a major public health problem for many years. At the \nend of 2012, approximately 34 million people were living with HIV globally. The worldwide \nprevalence is approximately 0.8% in adults aged 15- 49 years. The burden of the epidemic varies \nconsiderably between countries and regions. Sub-Saharan Africa is the most severely affected \narea (Figure 1.1), with a prevalence of about 5% in adults and accounting for 69% of all people \nwith HIV infection worldwide.2 With 48,000 new HIV cases in the year 2011, it is estimated that \nthere are 780,000 people living with HIV/AIDS in China nowadays. HIV was first identified by Luc Montagnier in 1983.
Author: Rui Cai
Language: English
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W199939564