Study On Spread Of HIV And Influencing Factors In One Village With High Prevalence Rate Of Blood-borne AIDS

IntroductionSome HIV infected individuals were detected in paid blood donors, especially among those with single-collect-plasmas in Henan, Anhui, Shanxi, Hubei around 1995. In order to learn the epidemic status of HIV infection in paid blood donors, a large scale screening was carried out in Henan province in 2004. The epidemiological features of HIV/AIDS in Henan were significantly different from other provinces in China or other countries. Most of HIV positive cases among the paid blood donors were found in rural areas with a high "clustering" distribution in some villages with high prevalence rates of blood-related AIDS. The general status of the HIV epidemic in Henan is clear, but the distribution and risk factors of HIV spreading in villages with a...