中央・東欧におけるHIV感染
Françoise F Hamers1, Angela M Downs
1EuroHIV, Department of Infectious Diseases, Institut de Veille Sanitaire, 94415 Cedex, Saint-Maurice, France. f.hamers@invs.sante.fr
Lancet (London, England)
|March 28, 2003
まとめ
東欧は,主に注射薬物使用と新興の異性愛感染によって引き起こされる,増加するヒト免疫不全ウイルス (HIV) 流行に直面しています. 感染拡大を食い止めるため,緊急の予防措置が必要である.
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
- エピデミオロジー エピデミオロジー
- 感染症 感染症は感染症です.
背景:
- ヒト免疫不全ウイルス (HIV) の流行は世界的に進化し続けています.
- 東欧と中欧諸国では,疫学的傾向が顕著である.
- 注射薬物使用は,旧ソ連諸国でのHIV感染拡大の主な要因となっている.
研究 の 目的:
- 東欧と中欧のHIV流行の最近の動向を分析する.
- これらの地域間のHIV感染パターンの違いを特定する.
- 強化されたHIV予防戦略の緊急の必要性を強調する.
主な方法:
- 監視データのレビュー.
- HIV/AIDSに関する公表および未公表の報告書の分析.
- HIV感染率と感染経路の流行病学的評価.
主要な成果:
- 東欧,特に旧ソビエト連邦諸国は,深刻なHIV流行を経験しており,感染者は推定100万人,主に注射薬物使用者の間で推定されています.
- 梅毒率の大幅な上昇は,大規模で性感染症のHIV感染の可能性を示唆しています.
- 新興の異性愛者によるHIV感染が注目され,その拡大は"橋渡し"集団に依存している. 社会的な脆弱性は,ホモセクシュアル感染の真の割合を覆い隠す可能性があります.
- 現在,中央ヨーロッパではHIV感染率が低いが,リスク行動が続いている.
結論:
- 東欧は,主要な獲得免疫不全症候群 (AIDS) 流行の瀬戸際にある.
- 中欧のHIV感染率は低いものの,感染を促進する行動の存在は,積極的な予防を必要とします.
- 将来の感染拡大を緩和するために,地域全体でHIV予防対策の改善が緊急に求められています.
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