作者
Elangovan Arumugam, Joseph K David, Santhakumar Aridoss, Nagaraj Jaganathasamy, Malathi Mathiyazhakan, Ganesh Balasubramanian, Manikandan Natesan, Padmapriya VM, BK Kirubakaran, Sanjay Patel, Pradeep Kumar, Shobini Rajan
发表日期
2021
期刊
International Journal of Maternal and Child Health and AIDS
卷号
10
期号
2
页码范围
198
出版商
Global Health and Education Projects, Inc.
简介
Methods:
HIV prevalence data collected from pregnant women in Karnataka during HIV Sentinel Surveillance (HSS) between 2003 and 2019 was used for trend analysis. The consistent sites were grouped into four zones (Bangalore, Belgaum, Gulbarga and Mysore regions), totaling 60 sites, including 30 urban and 30 rural sites. Regional and district-level HIV prevalence was calculated; trend analysis using Chi-square trend test and spatial analysis using QGIS software was done. For the last three HSS rounds, HIV prevalence based on sociodemographic variables was calculated to understand the factors contributing to HIV positivity in each region.
Results:
In total, 254,563 pregnant women were recruited. HIV prevalence in Karnataka was 0.22 (OR: 0.15 95% CI: 0.16-0.28) in 2019. The prevalence was 0.24, 0.32, 0.17 and 0.14 in Bangalore, Belgaum, Gulbarga, and Mysore regions, respectively. HIV prevalence …
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