Epidemiological and Clinical Features of HIV/AIDS Patients Attending to the National Clinic of HIV/AIDS Control, Qazvin, Iran through 2009-2014

Author: Behzad Bijani* and Amir Mohammad Kazemifar**

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Abstract

HIV causes a persistent infection. The leading route of infection is intravenous drug addiction in Iran, but sexual transmission is increasing. The aim of the present study was to describe epidemiological and clinical features of patients attending to a National Clinic, Qazvin, Iran. This cross sectional retrospective study was held out by reviewing the patient profiles from 2009 to 2014. Data was registered in a checklist designed for this purpose and then were analyzed. In this study, 24.7 % of patients were female. The mean age of the patients was 33.7±5.3 years. 50.6 % of the patients were residents of prisons. The most frequent clinical complaint at the time of diagnosis was pruritic skin eruptions. The main route of infection was intravenous drug addiction (70.1%). 62.3 % of the patients were receiving antiretroviral medication. The most common adverse effects were nausea (27.1%) and thrombocytopenia (20.8%). Ongoing changes in epidemiology of HIV infection merit the continuous

Keywords

AIDS, epidemiology, adverse reactions.

Conclusion

HIV causes a persistent infection. The leading route of infection is intravenous drug addiction in Iran, but sexual transmission is increasing. The aim of the present study was to describe epidemiological and clinical features of patients attending to a National Clinic, Qazvin, Iran. This cross sectional retrospective study was held out by reviewing the patient profiles from 2009 to 2014. Data was registered in a checklist designed for this purpose and then were analyzed. In this study, 24.7 % of patients were female. The mean age of the patients was 33.7±5.3 years. 50.6 % of the patients were residents of prisons. The most frequent clinical complaint at the time of diagnosis was pruritic skin eruptions. The main route of infection was intravenous drug addiction (70.1%). 62.3 % of the patients were receiving antiretroviral medication. The most common adverse effects were nausea (27.1%) and thrombocytopenia (20.8%). Ongoing changes in epidemiology of HIV infection merit the continuous

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Behzad Bijani and Amir Mohammad Kazemifar (2016). Epidemiological and Clinical Features of HIV/AIDS Patients Attending to the National Clinic of HIV/AIDS Control, Qazvin, Iran through 2009-2014 , Biological Forum – An International Journal 8(1): 460-4