title: Lack of HIV infection among truck drivers in Iran using rapid HIV test.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of HIV infection in Iranian long distance truck drivers using rapid HIV test.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study included 400 consecutive participants in Bazargan city, north-west of Iran in the late 2008 and the early 2009.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No HIV infection was observed among these long distance truck drivers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although results of this study is plausible compared to other similar studies, repeated surveys are necessary to know the trend of HIV infection in truckers in Iran.
authors.affiliation: Iranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS (IRCHA), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Hossain
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authors.lastname: Jabbari
authors.forename: Seyed Ahmad
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authors.lastname: Seyed Alinaghi
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authors.forename: Gholam Reza Esmaeli
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