Senior Vice President, Cipla, Mumbai, India
Research
Clinical profile of HIV sero-positives attending ICTC centre in district Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh: A Descriptive Analysis
Author(s): Abhay Srivastava*
Background: HIV seems to be a major public health challenges for all over the world especially in developing countries like India.
Objective: To study the sociodemographic profile of people living with HIV/AIDS attending a standalone ICTC centre at Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical
College and Hospital Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh.
Materials and Methods: A record-based study was carried out among the HIV-positive patients who were attending the ICTC center at Jawahar
Lal Nehru Medical College, AMU Aligarh.
Result: Prevalence of HIV infection was found to be 5.04% in and around Aligarh region. Males were more commonly affected than females with
a ratio of 1.6:1. Majority of HIV positive patients (35.82%) belonged to 25-34 years of age group. Most common clinical presentation was fever
(46.9%) am.. Read More»
DOI:
10.37421/jar.2020.11.811
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