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Increasing trend of HIV seropositivity in a sexually transmitted diseases centre and epidemiology of HIV seropositive individuals.

Int J STD AIDS. 1996 Jan-Feb;7(1):48-50. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96228426
Ray K; Ramesh V; Karmakar SN; Misra RS; Regional Sexually Transmitted Diseases Teaching, Training and; Research Centre, Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi, India.

Abstract: 11,539 STD clinic attenders and 20,897 antenatal clinic (ANC) attenders at a New Delhi hospital were screened for HIV antibodies by ELISA over a 3-year period. Results were confirmed by Western Blot. A low HIV seropositivity rate (1 per 1000) with an increasing trend in 1993 (4 per 1000) was observed in the STD attenders as against 0.1 per 1000 in the normal control populations. Most of the STD attenders including all the HIV seropositives had heterosexual contact with female sex workers. Both the HIV seropositive ANC attenders acquired the infection through blood transfusion. Thirteen of 23 HIV positive STD attenders had genital lesions, 5 having ulcerative and 8 having nonulcerative STD. Their clinical presentation did not differ from the HIV negative cases but the therapeutic response in 4 was altered. None had signs of symptoms of ARC/AIDS. Two out of 6 spouses and a 2-year-old child of HIV seropositive patients were seropositive. Increasing HIV seropositivity observed in this study reflects the changing situation in the country and highlights the importance of improvement of surveillance, early diagnosis and combined approaches to the management and control of STDs and HIV.
Keywords: Adult Bisexuality Comorbidity Female Homosexuality Human HIV Seropositivity/*EPIDEMIOLOGY India/EPIDEMIOLOGY Male Mass Screening Outpatient Clinics, Hospital Population Surveillance Risk Factors Sexually Transmitted Diseases/*EPIDEMIOLOGY Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Urban Health JOURNAL ARTICLEKWDadultbisexualitycomorbidityfemalehomosexualityhumanhivseropositivity/KWDepidemiologyindia/epidemiologymalemassscreeningoutpatientclinics,hospitalpopulationsurveillanceriskfactorssexuallytransmitteddiseases/KWDepidemiologysupport,non-uKWDsKWDgov'turbanhealthjournalarticle
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