Epidemiological trends in patients living with human immunodeficiency virus: a 13-year experience from a tertiary care center in India.

Epidemiological trends in patients living with human immunodeficiency virus: a 13-year experience from a tertiary care center in India. Infez Med. 2019 Sep 01;27(3):308-315 Authors: Gupta N, Niyas VKM, Nischal N, Soneja M, Vinod KS, Ranjan S, Sethi P, Jorwal P, Biswas A, Wig N, Sood R Abstract With significant advancement in the tools and strategies available for diagnosis and management, there is an expected change in the epidemiological profile of patients living with HIV/AIDS (Human immunodeficiency syndrome/Acquired immunedeficiency syndrome). We retrospectively analyzed the changing epidemiological pattern of HIV infection over a period of 13 years in the anti-retroviral (ART) center of a tertiary care hospital in India. The study included a total of 9419 patients (8811 adults and 608 children) who were registered at our ART center between 2005 and 2017. Among adult patients, 68.9% patients were males and the mean age of presentation was 35.6±9.9 years. Heterosexual route was the most common route of transmission (95.5%). A total of 97.4% of pediatric patients acquired HIV infection via vertical transmission from their mothers. Most of the adult patients (77.1%) were educated only to primary level. Despite the economic growth in the country over the years, the monthly income of these patients has not significantly changed. The median CD4 count at the time of eligibility for starting ART was 244/μl of blood. An increasing trend...
Source: Infezioni in Medicina - Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infez Med Source Type: research