HIV-2 sero-prevalence in Hunan province, China
10.3760/cma.j.cn112866-20210812-00144
- VernacularTitle:湖南省既往HIV-2疑似感染者血清流行病学调查
- Author:
Jun ZHENG
1
;
Jinyu PENG
;
Jianmei HE
;
Xiaoling SU
;
Xiaobai ZOU
;
Yang JIANG
;
Xi CHEN
Author Information
1. 湖南省疾病预防控制中心，长沙 410005
- Keywords:
Human immunodeficiency virus-2;
Antibody;
Serum;
Epidemiology
- From:
Chinese Journal of Experimental and Clinical Virology
2022;36(4):424-428
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To understand the status of HIV-2 infection and the epidemiological characteristics of HIV-2 infected individuals in Hunan province.Methods:The stock blood samples with HIV-2 indicative bands in the original records of 15 AIDS confirmation laboratories in Hunan province from 2003 to 2020 were collected. The samples were tested by Mikrogen GmbH (HIV 1+ 2) antibody comfirmatory kit (Germany). And meanwhile the epidemiological data of the first HIV test and the epidemiological follow-up records of the cases who could be contacted were collected.Results:A total of 378 samples with HIV-2 indicative bands were collected, involving 363 individuals. Serological test result showed that 326 cases (89.81%) were HIV-1 antibody positive, 18 cases (4.96%) were HIV-2 antibody positive, 12 cases (3.31%) were HIV antibody positive but could not be typed, 6 cases (1.65%) were HIV antibody uncertain and 1 case (0.28%) was negative for HIV-1/2 antibody. There were 15 cases from Xiangtan city and the other 3 cases from Changsha city among the 18 HIV-2 antibody positive individuals. The result of epidemiological investigation showed that there were 12 males (66.67%) and 6 females (33.33%), with a male-to-female ratio of 2∶1. The average age of the first detection was (56.94±12.52) years, in the males the age ranged from 33 to 76 years and in the females the age ranged from 44 to 66 years. The male age span was larger than that of the female. There were 10 married cases (55.56%) including one couple, 6 divorced or widowed cases (33.33%), 2 cases (11.11%) with unknown marital status. There were 13 cases from hospital monitoring (72.22%), 2 cases each from prison detention and blood screening in volunteer donors (22.22%), and 1 case from spouse screening (5.56%). These samples were tested for the first time in 2005, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2018, and 2020, with 1 case each, 6 cases in 2016, 2 cases in 2017, and 4 cases in 2019. By the end of 2020, 9 cases were alive and 9 cases were dead or missing. Three cases have accepted antiviral treatment. Of the 7 cases that could be followed up, all admitted heterosexual transmission, 6 cases denied any history of traveling abroad, and 1 case denied any history of foreign sexual intercourse.Conclusions:HIV-2 epidemic has lasted for a long time in Hunan province, local infection is not an occasional case, and there is a possibility of long-term clustering epidemic spread. This suggests that the country should strengthen the surveillance, detection, diagnosis and treatment of HIV-2 research and pay attention to the risk of HIV-2 transmission.
