HIV/AIDS epidemic features and trends in setif city (Algeria) from 1986 to 2009

2010 
Results The HIV epidemic started in SETIF in 1986 with the first diagnosed AIDS cases. The number of cases slowly but steadily increased, to reach, by 2009, 152 cases. The median age of infected persons was 39,77 years. 40.8% were WOMEN; The most frequent mode of transmission is sexual (76,9% of all cases; with mainly heterosexual transmission 77.9 percnt; with a strong correlation to travel and migration 37.20%). the proportion of persons diagnosed late (within 12 months before AIDS diagnosis) was 82,3%; 91.4% of married men (36) have sexual relationships outside marriage as compared to 0.0% of married women(27). We report also 13.60% discordant couples among married patients, Among documented HIV-positive mothers (36), their children were screend in 61.10%, and 95.5% of them were seronegatif, 55,9% of all cases were treated with ARV. HIV/ AIDS deaths 36,2% decreased markedly from 2002, associated with the advent of HAART.
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