TY - JOUR
T1 - HIV epidemiology and prevention in southwestern China
T2 - Trends from 1996-2017
AU - Chen, Huanhuan
AU - Luo, Liuhong
AU - Pan, Stephen W.
AU - Lan, Guanghua
AU - Zhu, Qiuying
AU - Li, Jianjun
AU - Zhu, Jinhui
AU - Chen, Yi
AU - Shen, Zhiyong
AU - Ge, Xianming
AU - Tang, Zhenzhu
AU - Xing, Hui
AU - Shao, Yiming
AU - Ruan, Yuhua
AU - Yang, Wenmin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Bentham Science Publishers.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The aim of this review is to describe long-term HIV epidemiology and prevention trends in Guangxi, a provincial-level region located along a major drug trafficking corridor in southwestern China. Between 1996 and 2006, HIV transmission in Guangxi was primarily fueled by Injection Drug Use (IDU). Since 2006, heterosexual sex has become the dominant mode of HIV transmission, followed by drug injection. Moreover, older, heterosexual adults appear to be at increased risk for HIV. The vast majority of new HIV cases are attributed to local HIV subtypes already circulating within Guangxi (93%), though imported subtypes are associated with younger age groups. Since 2011, HIV incidence in Guangxi has stabilized, due in part to HIV prevention efforts that include expanded HIV testing, antiretroviral treatment, and other intervention measures. Between 1996 and 2017, Guangxi, China experienced dramatic changes in the primary HIV transmission mode and at-risk age group. Due in part to local and National AIDS control and prevention campaigns, HIV incidence trends in Guangxi no longer appear to be increasing.
AB - The aim of this review is to describe long-term HIV epidemiology and prevention trends in Guangxi, a provincial-level region located along a major drug trafficking corridor in southwestern China. Between 1996 and 2006, HIV transmission in Guangxi was primarily fueled by Injection Drug Use (IDU). Since 2006, heterosexual sex has become the dominant mode of HIV transmission, followed by drug injection. Moreover, older, heterosexual adults appear to be at increased risk for HIV. The vast majority of new HIV cases are attributed to local HIV subtypes already circulating within Guangxi (93%), though imported subtypes are associated with younger age groups. Since 2011, HIV incidence in Guangxi has stabilized, due in part to HIV prevention efforts that include expanded HIV testing, antiretroviral treatment, and other intervention measures. Between 1996 and 2017, Guangxi, China experienced dramatic changes in the primary HIV transmission mode and at-risk age group. Due in part to local and National AIDS control and prevention campaigns, HIV incidence trends in Guangxi no longer appear to be increasing.
KW - Antiretroviral therapy
KW - HIV
KW - Injection drug use
KW - Prevention
KW - Sexual intercourse
KW - Transmission
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85072546326&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2174/1570162X17666190703163838
DO - 10.2174/1570162X17666190703163838
M3 - Review article
C2 - 31269884
AN - SCOPUS:85072546326
SN - 1570-162X
VL - 17
SP - 85
EP - 93
JO - Current HIV Research
JF - Current HIV Research
IS - 2
ER -
