HIV seroconversion among injection drug users in detention, Tehran, Iran

Jahani, M.R.; Kheirandish, P.; Hosseini, M.; Shirzad, H.; Seyedalinaghi, S.A.; Karami, N.; Valiollahi, P.; Mohraz, M.; McFarland, W.

Aids 23(4): 538-540

2009


ISSN/ISBN: 1473-5571
PMID: 19182678
DOI: 10.1097/qad.0b013e3283269e3c
Document Number: 205508
Jails may foster the spread of HIV, particularly among drug users. In 2006, male injection drug users (n = 499) detained in Tehran consented to HIV testing at intake and discharge. HIV prevalence at intake was 24.4%. Nine of those who were HIV negative at intake were positive at discharge (annualized incidence rate 16.8%), including one p24 antigen positive. Jails may be contributing to the rapid spread of HIV in Iran and should be major points for prevention interventions.

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