An observational study of the pattern of HIV infection in a specified rural area of India with special reference to migratory laborers.
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.
Mukhopadhyay
Subhalakshmi
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Medical College, Kolkata, India. subhamukhopadhyay@yahoo.com
Talukdar
Arunangshu
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Pradip Kumar Mitra
Ghosh
Sambuddha
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Maji
Dipankar
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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
D019380:Anti-HIV Agents; D018894:Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors; D019829:Nevirapine