Changing Trends of HIV infection in Children Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital of Karnataka in Last Five Years
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 7
Abstract
Children of today are the youth of tomorrow.HIV affects this very precious generation and bear grave consequences to our future, our nation, the continent and the world at large. Inspite of being largely preventable, paediatric HIV still continues to be a growing challenge in India with an estimated 100,000 infected women giving births to about 30,000 infected infants every year. A five year retrospective study was done, which included 1492 children aged between 1-15 years who attended our tertiary care hospital from January 2010 to December 2014.HIV was confirmed in all the patients according to the NACO guidelines and the same were followed up for CD4 count testing and looked for clinically evident opportunistic infections. A significant decline in the HIV positivity rate was noted among children attending ICTC after year 2010,this trend reflects the steady expansion of services to prevent transmission of HIV to children and an increase in access to treatment for children. Opportunistic infections are the most common cause of death among HIV patients, therefore early recognition of the same will go a long way in reducing mortality associated with HIV in children.
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Dr Mariraj Jeer
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