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[Prevention of HIV infection in Military personnel]

Authors

Ghorbani, Gholamali
Jonaidi, Nematallah
Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences ; , Health Research Center ; , Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine ;

Sci. Res. J. Army Univ. Med. Sci. 2003; 1 (3): 195-198
Scientific and Research Journal of Army University of Medical Sciences-JAUMS
Journal Country: Islamic Republic of Iran
P-ISSN: 1727-1789
Indexing Status : In Process
Citation: Gholamali Ghorbani, Nematallah Jonaidi, [Prevention of HIV infection in Military personnel]. Sci. Res. J. Army Univ. Med. Sci. 2003; 1 (3): 195-198

Abstract English

BackgrounchThe AIDS is a fatal and pandemic disease all over the world. That is a health problem for all of the countries. Since 1988, over 20 million people have died of AIDS. Military personnel in biggest army forces are evaluating for HIV infection. These personel are educating for prevention of HIV infection. Military personal and recruites are in high risk of exposure to HIV infection. Although prevalence of HIV infection in Iranian military personnel is low, ignoring the education of preventive methods results in increasing spread of HIV infection Materials and Methods: For this review article we have searched through the sites www. pubmed. com and www. who. org by the following keywords: AIDS, HIV transmission, military, prevention. The complete assays have been searched in Ovid and proquest sites from 1995 to 2003. Finally, we have found over than 60 related articles
Results and Coclusion: The greatest portion of military forces are young adults, thus educating them of HIV preventive measures are essential

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