In 2020, there was a daily increase of 4000 new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections globally, 31% of which were adolescents aged 15–24 years, defined as the youth by the United Nations. More health education and case management should be done for cases transmitted through heterosexual behavior, accepted HIV care in central and western area, and diagnosed by voluntary blood donation. The HIV care continuum of HIV-infected students in Shandong Province still needed strenghthing.

68.5% (276 cases) accepted CD4 test in 30 days, and 48.6% (196 cases) started ART in 30 days.

Most of them lived in Jinan city and Qingdao city. The majority of them were male (99.5%) and transmitted through homosexual sexual activity(92.1%). Resultsįrom 2017 to 2019, 403 HIV-infected students were reported in Shandong Province. Logistic regression analyses were used to analyze the associating factors of HIV-infected students accepting CD4 + T cells (CD4) test and antiviral therapy (ART) in 30 days, and ArcGIS software was used for the spatial anlysis. MethodsĬase report and follow-up data of HIV-infected students were obtained from the National HIV/AIDS comprehensive response information management system. This study aimed to identify the epidemiological characteristics and the HIV care continuum for HIV-infected students in Shandong Province, China. The proportion of HIV-infected students in China showed an increasing trend.

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