| Title: |
HIV Seroprevalence among the Patients or Clients Obtaining Blood Sample at BSMMU Virology Laboratory |
| Authors: |
Sultana, Nahida; Sharmin, Mahbuba; Muquith, Tangia; Shahera, Umme |
| Source: |
European Journal of Clinical Medicine ; volume 2, issue 1, page 15-19 ; ISSN 2736-5476 |
| Publisher Information: |
European Open Science Publishing |
| Publication Year: |
2021 |
| Description: |
Departments of Virology (DVs), BSMMU receive patients from every background, socioeconomic group and health status. Hence, DVs can play a critical role in offering human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing and help in the national strategy of early HIV detection. The present study was conducted on 1208 patients attending DVs after taking Institutional Review Board approval. They were screened for HIV antibodies by three rapid/simple assay tests having different principles/antigens as per the WHO guidelines. Forty four (13.6%) of the 1208 patients were HIV reactive and 1164(96.4%) were negative respectively. Distribution of patients on the basis of gender where 894 (74.1%) were male and 313 (25.9%) were female out of 1208 patients or clients. Distribution of study subject on the basis of exposure history where 378(38.8%) patients or clients had history of exposure and 830 (68.7%) patients or clients did not. Distribution of the patients on the basis of purpose of screening where patients were in three groups (Screening before operation, Positive exposure history and To exclude HIV infection during failure of drug Rx) where 776(64.2%) patients were done anti-HIV test due to screening purpose before operation, 378(31.1%) patients were done this test due to Positive exposure history exposure history and 54(4.5%) patients done this due to exclude HIV infection during failure of drug treatment. Prevalence of HIV infection was more among 21-40yrs age group than other age group(18mon-20yrs,41-60yrs&>60yrs) which is not significant . Data shows there was significant association of anti-HIV positivity with exposure history of the patients or clients. Prevalence of HIV infection was more among patients or clients who had history of exposure. Prevalence of HIV was more among the patients who were done screening test due to failure of drugs than other two purposes. Bangladesh is still considered as a low HIV/AIDS prevalent country. However, it is at a critical moment in the course of its AIDS epidemic. It is ... |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
unknown |
| DOI: |
10.24018/clinicmed.2021.2.1.15 |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.24018/clinicmed.2021.2.1.15; https://www.ej-clinicmed.org/index.php/clinicmed/article/download/15/15 |
| Rights: |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.8EC1ED56 |
| Database: |
BASE |