Analysis of inter-provincial movement and the effect of antiretroviral therapy of HIV/AIDS cases after first follow up in China, 2016-2018

• Published in: Zhōnghuá liúxíngbìng zázhì Vol. 42; no. 1; p. 126
• Main Authors: Han, J, Li, J, Zang, C P, Liu, Y F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: China 10.01.2021
• Subjects: Anti-Retroviral Agents - therapeutic use; Beijing; China - epidemiology; Cities; Female; Follow-Up Studies; HIV Infections - drug therapy; HIV Infections - epidemiology; Humans; Male; Beijing; China; Cities
• ISSN: 0254-6450
• DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20200603-00805

To analyze the interprovincial movement of newly reported HIV/AIDS cases after the first follow up in China and understand their movement characteristics and the effect of antiretroviral therapy (ART) after adjustment of ART inclusion criteria. The data of HIV/AIDS cases, including the effects of ART, were extracted from the information system for HIV/AIDS prevention and control. Descriptive analysis and test was used to explore the characteristics of the movement of HIV/AIDS cases and its relationship with ART effect and viral suppression. In 289 218 HIV/AIDS cases, 22 426 (7.8%) cases experienced inter-provincial movement after the first follow up. Higher prevalence of inter-provincial movement was found in males (8.3%, 18 557/223 713), those with education level of senior high school (9.6%, 4 317/44 877) and college degree and above (9.5%, 4 792/45 858), the unmarried (11.5%, 10 538/91 572), those diagnosed in detention center (16.0%, 1 268/7 927) and those infected by homosexual behavior (11.4%, 9 069/79