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Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
In India the first HIV case was detected in 1986, and since then it has been reported from all states and union territories. This is a retrospective study to know the seroprevalence of HIV among patients in a tertiary care hospital. This is a study included 2457 patients who attended Mallareddy Medical College for Women’s Hospital, from January 2016 to December 2016. A total of 2457 patients were tested and out of which 38 were seropositive for HIV, with a prevalence rate of 1.5%. Out of these 38 cases 21 were males, and 17 were females (M: F- 1: 0.8). It is essential to strength then all testing protocols to include referral of HIV positive clients to well established treatment, care and support facilities.