The characteristics of recent HIV-1 infection and associated factors in Tianjin / 中华预防医学杂志

ABSTRACT

The newly reported HIV infected cases was collected, and HIV blood samples were detected to identify recent HIV infection in Tianjin during 2008-2015. Factors associated with HIV-1 infection were analyzed by the univariate and multivariate unconditional logistic regression. The recent HIV-1 infection proportion of homosexuals increased from 37.70% in 2008 to 83.68% in 2015. Those cases who aged ≤30 years (OR=1.53, 95%CI 1.30-1.79), in han ethnic group (OR=1.40, 95%CI 1.02-1.91), students (OR=1.79, 95%CI 1.28-2.51) were more likely to be recent infected. The cases who had a high school education (OR=1.28, 95%CI 1.05-1.56) or collage education (OR=1.23, 95%CI 1.00-1.50) were more likely to be recent infected than those who had a primary school education. Compared with patients identified by hospitals, the recent HIV infections were more likely to be found through voluntary counseling and testing (VCT), STD outpatients, men who have sex with men (MSM) investigation and unpaid blood donors. Homosexual transmission has become the major route of HIV-1 recent infection in Tianjin.