title: Seroprevalence of HIV infection among tuberculosis patients in Agra, India--a hospital-based study.
abstract: In this study which was carried over a period of 4 years, from 2001 to 2004, 600 adult patients with active TB disease attending the OPD of TBDTC, Agra, were screened for HIV-1/2 antibodies. Of these, 26 were found to be HIV-positive. Seroprevalence of HIV infection among adult TB patients in Agra is 4.3% (26/600). The HIV infection was found to be more in females, i.e. 7.95% (7/88) than in males, 3.71% (19/512). HIV-positivity of 5% was observed in the age groups, 15-24 and 25-34 years, i.e. 3/60 and 13/260, respectively. Among HIV-positive TB patients, 4.2% (22/524) were of pulmonary and 5.3% (4/76) were of extra-pulmonary type. A total of 3.04% (6/197) of HIV-positive TB patients were PPD positive and 4.96% (20/403) were PPD negative and bacillary positivity was 4.4% (15/340) and bacillary negativity was 4.2% (11/260). A total of 3.5% (18/515) of TB patients had a history of positive contact, i.e. spouse or one of the family members was HIV-infected. The difference in signs and symptoms among the HIV positive and HIV negative TB patients was found to be statistically significant.
authors.affiliation: HIV/AIDS UNIT, Central JALMA Institute for Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases (Indian Council of Medical Research), Tajganj, Agra-282001, India. tahziba_hussain@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Tahziba
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hussain
authors.forename: Shikha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Kulshreshtha
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Yadav
authors.forename: Pradeep
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Sengupta
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Katoch
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D015528:HIV Seroprevalence; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology