Frequency of Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV) Infections at Tertiary Care Hospital of Karachi from 2017-2019
| Autor: | FOUZIA ZEESHAN KHAN, fatima fasih, SAMINA BAIG, Dr. AMBREEN FATIMA, ERUM BIBI, DR.SAHAR IQBAL |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Zdroj: | Pakistan Journal of Medicine and Dentistry, Vol 11, Iss 3 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2313-7371 2308-2593 |
| DOI: | 10.36283/PJMD11-3/004 |
| Popis: | Background: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the world’s most serious health problem. Pakistan is included among high prevalent countries and two outbreaks of HIV have been reported one in 2018, in Sargodha (Kot Momin) and the other largest so far in 2019 in Larkana, first time infecting children as well. Therefore, a study was designed to find out the frequency as well as risk factors involved in the transmission of HIV. Methods: This was a retrospective cross-sectional study (n=28,679), conducted in the Microbiology laboratory of Dow Diagnostic Reference and Research Laboratory (DDRRL), Karachi, Pakistan from 1st January 2017 to 31st December 2019. Serum samples were screened for the presence of HIV antigen and antibody by using HIV combo ARCHITECT i2000 SR, chemiluminescent immunoassay (CMIA). The Chi-square was used to analyze the data and a p-value of |
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