Decreasing trend of seroprevalence of HIV among pregnant women in Southern Odisha
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2018, Vol 17, Issue 10
Abstract
BACKGROUND India is ranked third in the world with 2.1 million people living with HIV. The trend of infection especially in young people who have recently become sexually active, is a sensitive marker to track the course of the HIV epidemic. But, it is not possible to measure thr prevalence among all young people of an area.So, prevalence of young women can be an useful alternative. Hence, we conducted a study to find out the seroprevalence of HIV among pregnant women in Southern Odisha. METHODS Blood samples from pregnant ladies attending antenatal clinic of a tertiary hospital were collected after informed consent and pretest counselling. All the samples were tested for HIV antibodies as per NACO guidelines over a period of five years from January 2013 to December 2017. RESULTS Total 8702 number of women were tested for seroprevalence HIV, among which 0.51%(95% CI) were positive. Out of the HIV seropositive women 57% were belonged to 18-27 years age group. CONCLUSION The seroprevalence of HIV among pregnant women was found to be decreasing in Southern Odisha.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr Sanghamitra Padhi, Dr M V Narasimham, Dr Abhishek Padhi
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