CHANGES OF ANTI-HIV POSITIVE STATUS AMONG HEROIN ABUSERS

Objective :To investigate the change of HIV infection status and the relationship between drug abuse modes and HIV infection in heroin abusers . Methods : An investigation was conducted with self-designed survey questionnaires in heroin abusers enrolled for detoxification in 2000 and 2001 The HIV positive cases were analyzed . Results : There were 2254 heroin abusers enrolled in 2000, 27 cases (1.2%) were tested as anti-HIV positive , while 2452 heroin abusers were enrolled in 2001, 80 cases(3.3%) ere found anti-HIV positive ,showing significant difference in the rates ( P 0.01). Among the 27 HIV positive cases in 2000, 16 (59.2%) were IDUs , 11(40.7%) were non-IDUs , while among the 80 HIV positive cases in 2001, 54(67.5%) were IDUs and 26(32.5%) were non-IDU S , also showing difference in the rates ( P 0.05). Difference in age distribution was also observed in the positive cases between 2000 and 2001. Conclusion : The number of HIV infective cases has been increasing among drug abusers .More drug abusers adopt intravenous injection mode , whichindicates intravenous injection is still themain factor of HIV infection . However , the rate of HIV infection isalso highamong non-IDUs .