Kagera 1989 health survey: 1. Human immunodeficiency virus seroprevalence in adolescents.
One thousand four hundred and fifty five adolescents were surveyed for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection in an area experiencing AIDS epidemic. The study was done in order to estimate control measures. Among the 1455 adolescents serosurveyed, 47 (3.2%) were HIV infected, of whom 30 (63.8%) were all aged 10-15 years old. The male/female ratio was 1:1. Of all the adolescents examined 830 (57.1%) were attending school. Among the selected potential risk factors namely non-school enrollment, illicit injections, blood transfusion and sexually transmitted diseases none of these was significantly associated with HIV seropositivity. Special care should be taken when interviewing adolescents on sensitive issues like the ones associated with HIV infection. In this study potential risk factors for getting HIV infection were rarely reported, thus making it difficult to get significant association with the HIV infection.
Barongo
L R
LR
National Institute for Medical Research, Mwanza, Tanzania.
Rugemalila
J B
JB
Gabone
R M
RM
Senkoro
K P
KP
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000453:epidemiology; D015528:HIV Seroprevalence; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D013636:Tanzania / Q000453:epidemiology