title: An observational study of the pattern of HIV infection in a specified rural area of India with special reference to migratory laborers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Determination of the pattern of HIV/AIDS in patients attending voluntary confidential counseling and testing center (VCCTC) and prevention of parent-to-child transmission (PPTCT) center of a low-prevalence district of Eastern India. To find out high-risk group and interventional strategy for prevention.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional exploratory secondary data analysis from the VCCTC and PPTCT register.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 1348 participants, 160 (11.86%) adults were HIV seropositive. Prevalence in males and females was 9.8% and 20.7%, respectively. Among 22 (1.63%) seropositive children, transmission was vertical in 18 (81.8%). Seventy-one (88.75%) positive adult males were migratory goldsmiths working in Mumbai and other big cities. They were clustered in a particular locality (Daspur).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Goldsmiths migrated from Daspur to big cities are the bridge populations who are responsible for higher prevalence of HIV in their families and locality. Interventional strategies targeted at this high-risk group are suggested.
authors.affiliation: Medical College, Kolkata, India. subhamukhopadhyay@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Subhalakshmi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mukhopadhyay
authors.forename: Arunangshu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Talukdar
authors.lastname: Pradip Kumar Mitra
authors.forename: Sambuddha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: Dipankar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Maji
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000635:transmission; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019829:Nevirapine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D018894:Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014171:Transients and Migrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents; D018894:Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors; D019829:Nevirapine