Increasing cases of HIV/AIDS in the northern region of the Colombia-Venezuela border: The impact of high scale migration in recent years

Migration and population mobility affect the epidemiology of infection, representing more than just an independent risk factor for multiple infectious diseases, as tuberculosis and HIV [1]. Regarding this last, it has been linked to an increase in the vulnerability to HIV infection of mobile people and their families, moreover, there have been identified significant differences in the population regarding its HIV status, being HIV positive individuals more likely to leave their homeplaces, move from rural areas to cities and move permanently and cyclically when compared to HIV negative individuals, highlighting the impact on human migration patterns [2].
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Source Type: research