HIV infection cases in Hong Kong last year for the 435 has the highest since records one year
 
Chinese Net china.com.cn Time: 2009-03-04
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on the 3rd Department of Health announced last year to the Department of Health reported HIV infections have occurred among the new 435 is the highest since record year. And in 2007 the 414 new HIV infections compared with an increase of five per cent.

Hong Kong Department of Health Center for Health Protection, Dr Wong Ka-hing, Speaking at a press briefing on the 3rd, sexual contact in Hong Kong is still the most important route of transmission of HIV.

According to statistics, last year's 435 cases of HIV infection, 131 people are infected through heterosexual contacts, 145 people are through homosexual or bisexual contact, 40 injection drug users and three through the importation of infected blood or blood products, and 116 routes of transmission of infection due to lack of information could not be ascertained.

Fourth quarter of last year there were 106 people in the test positive. Since 1984, the Hong Kong report of HIV infection has been accumulated to 4047 people.

In the fourth quarter of the 106 infected cases, 24 people are infected through heterosexual contact, 40 via homosexual or bisexual contact. 6 for injecting drug users, and 36 infected with an unknown route of transmission.

106 HIV-infected persons, 85 males and 21 females.

Fourth quarter of last year there were 32 new AIDS cases, of which 59% of AIDS patients is through heterosexual transmission. Since 1985, Hong Kong has a total of 1030 AIDS cases.

AIDS is human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cause. Receiving treatment in the absence of circumstances, about half of HIV incidence in ten years to become AIDS. Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia is the most common complications of AIDS. (Xiao-ping)
 
Source: China News Net