Lack of HIV infection among truck drivers in Iran using rapid HIV test

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of HIV infection in Iranian long distance truck drivers using rapid HIV test. METHODS: The study included 400 consecutive participants in Bazargan city, north-west of Iran in the late 2008 and the early 2009. RESULTS: No HIV infection...

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Autores principales: Jabbari, Hossain, Seyed Alinaghi, Seyed Ahmad, Kheirandish, Parastoo, Djavid, Gholam Reza Esmaeli, Rasolinejad, Mehrnaz, Hajiabdolbaghi, Mahboube, Sedaghat, Abbas, Sargolzaei, Maryam, Sharifi, Amir Houshang, Mohraz, Minoo, Khoshnoud, Kaveh
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Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3082827/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21526097
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author Jabbari, Hossain
Seyed Alinaghi, Seyed Ahmad
Kheirandish, Parastoo
Djavid, Gholam Reza Esmaeli
Rasolinejad, Mehrnaz
Hajiabdolbaghi, Mahboube
Sedaghat, Abbas
Sargolzaei, Maryam
Sharifi, Amir Houshang
Mohraz, Minoo
Khoshnoud, Kaveh
author_facet Jabbari, Hossain
Seyed Alinaghi, Seyed Ahmad
Kheirandish, Parastoo
Djavid, Gholam Reza Esmaeli
Rasolinejad, Mehrnaz
Hajiabdolbaghi, Mahboube
Sedaghat, Abbas
Sargolzaei, Maryam
Sharifi, Amir Houshang
Mohraz, Minoo
Khoshnoud, Kaveh
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description BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of HIV infection in Iranian long distance truck drivers using rapid HIV test. METHODS: The study included 400 consecutive participants in Bazargan city, north-west of Iran in the late 2008 and the early 2009. RESULTS: No HIV infection was observed among these long distance truck drivers. CONCLUSIONS: Although results of this study is plausible compared to other similar studies, repeated surveys are necessary to know the trend of HIV infection in truckers in Iran.
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spelling pubmed-30828272011-04-27 Lack of HIV infection among truck drivers in Iran using rapid HIV test Jabbari, Hossain Seyed Alinaghi, Seyed Ahmad Kheirandish, Parastoo Djavid, Gholam Reza Esmaeli Rasolinejad, Mehrnaz Hajiabdolbaghi, Mahboube Sedaghat, Abbas Sargolzaei, Maryam Sharifi, Amir Houshang Mohraz, Minoo Khoshnoud, Kaveh J Res Med Sci Short Communication BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of HIV infection in Iranian long distance truck drivers using rapid HIV test. METHODS: The study included 400 consecutive participants in Bazargan city, north-west of Iran in the late 2008 and the early 2009. RESULTS: No HIV infection was observed among these long distance truck drivers. CONCLUSIONS: Although results of this study is plausible compared to other similar studies, repeated surveys are necessary to know the trend of HIV infection in truckers in Iran. Medknow Publications 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC3082827/ /pubmed/21526097 Text en © Journal of Research in Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Jabbari, Hossain
Seyed Alinaghi, Seyed Ahmad
Kheirandish, Parastoo
Djavid, Gholam Reza Esmaeli
Rasolinejad, Mehrnaz
Hajiabdolbaghi, Mahboube
Sedaghat, Abbas
Sargolzaei, Maryam
Sharifi, Amir Houshang
Mohraz, Minoo
Khoshnoud, Kaveh
Lack of HIV infection among truck drivers in Iran using rapid HIV test
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title_full Lack of HIV infection among truck drivers in Iran using rapid HIV test
title_fullStr Lack of HIV infection among truck drivers in Iran using rapid HIV test
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title_short Lack of HIV infection among truck drivers in Iran using rapid HIV test
title_sort lack of hiv infection among truck drivers in iran using rapid hiv test
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3082827/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21526097
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