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HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh: an assessment of biomedical risk factors for transmission.

Int J STD AIDS. 1999 May;10(5):338-46. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/99288773
Gibney L; Choudhury P; Khawaja Z; Sarker M; Islam N; Vermund SH; Schools of Public Health and Medicine, University of Alabama at; Birmingham, 35294-0022, USA. lgibney@uab.edu

Abstract: Behavioural risk factors for HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh were reviewed in a preceding article in this journal. Omitted from that review was a discussion of potential biomedical risk factors including: (i) an unregulated blood supply system in which blood used in transfusions is not screened for HIV and is donated primarily by professional donors: (ii) unsterile injections in non-formal and formal health-care settings; and (iii) a high prevalence in high-risk groups of other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) which may function as co-factors for HIV transmission, particularly if chronically untreated. Studies elsewhere in the world suggest that the unregulated blood supply system, in particular, poses a serious danger in terms of the spread of the HIV epidemic. While certain socio-cultural factors may be contributing to low levels of HIV in Bangladesh, the prevalence of biomedical and behavioural risk factors suggest the importance of implementing targeted cost-effective interventions now.
Keywords: JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW REVIEW, TUTORIAL Bangladesh/EPIDEMIOLOGY Blood Banks/STANDARDS Blood Transfusion/ADVERSE EFFECTS Female Human HIV Infections/*TRANSMISSION *HIV Seroprevalence Male Prevalence Risk Factors Sexually Transmitted Diseases/EPIDEMIOLOGY Socioeconomic Factors Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.KWDjournalarticlereviewreview,tutorialbangladesh/epidemiologybloodbanks/standardsbloodtransfusion/adverseeffectsfemalehumanhivinfections/KWDtransmissionKWDhivseroprevalencemaleprevalenceriskfactorssexuallytransmitteddiseases/epidemiologysocioeconomicfactorssupport,non-uKWDsKWDgov'tsupport,uKWDsKWDgov't,pKWDhKWDs
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