作者
Aridoss Santhakumar, Balasubramanian Ganesh, Mathiyazhakan Malathi, Jaganathasamy Nagaraj, Natesan Manikandan, VM Padmapriya, BK Kirubakaran, Chinnasamy Govindasamy, V Ramachandran, Rajendran Sridhar, Pradeep Kumar, Shobini Rajan, Arumugam Elangovan
发表日期
2020/12/1
期刊
Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health
卷号
8
期号
4
页码范围
1127-1133
出版商
Elsevier
简介
Background
HIV Sentinel Surveillance among pregnant women attending antenatal care clinics, ANC-HSS, is used to estimate HIV prevalence among the general population. Despite the declining trend, HIV prevalence among the general population in Karnataka is still higher than the national average (0.22%), with a recent, noticeable stabilization. Demographic analysis on concentrated HIV infection among pregnant women could be potential indicators for targeted HIV interventions among general population as well as and prevention of parent to child transmission (PPTCT).
Objectives
To analyse the demographics of HIV-positive pregnant mothers in Karnataka, thereby identifying the most-at-risk populations (MARP) within the general population.
Methods
In total, 24800 eligible pregnant women aged 15–49 attending the ANC clinic for the first time during the surveillance period (Jan–Mar, 2017) were enrolled …
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