title: A 16-year study of HIV seroprevalence and HIV-related diseases in a teaching tertiary care hospital in India.
abstract: A total of 183,912 persons were screened from September 1986 to May 2002 in and around Haryana, out of whom 1178 were reactive (0.64%) for anti-HIV antibodies. The overall incidence of HIV-1 in the seropositive patients was 98.5%, HIV-2 alone was 0.8% and 0.7% had a mixed infection with both HIV-1 and 2. High seropositivity (22.8%) was observed among the relatives of these HIV-positive individuals. The heterosexual route (78%) remained the predominant mode of transmission. Among the jail inmates only one individual out of 1306 (1986 to 1993) was found to be positive. Tuberculosis (46.7%) was the most common opportunistic infection in these seropositive patients. Significant titres of Venereal Disease Research Laboratory tests were observed in 8.8% seropositive patients, 7.9% were positive for hepatitis B surface antigen and only two patients were suffering from chancroid. Forty-six of these HIV-seropositive patients had already died. In order to cope with this epidemic, new models of care and cost-effective preventive measures are needed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Voluntary Counselling and Testing Centre (VCTC) for AIDS, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS), Rohtak (Haryana), India.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Arora
authors.forename: Vikas
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gautam
authors.forename: Sunil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sethi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Arora
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D015528:HIV Seroprevalence; D015497:HIV-1; D015498:HIV-2; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000097:blood; D020010:Heterosexuality; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013587:Syphilis / Q000453:epidemiology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens