Virk R S, Bhalwar Rajvir
Reader, Department of Preventice and Social Medicine, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune-411 040.
Reader & Epidemiologist, Department of Preventice and Social Medicine, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune-411 040.
Med J Armed Forces India. 1999 Apr;55(2):104-106. doi: 10.1016/S0377-1237(17)30261-7. Epub 2017 Jun 26.
A large number of HIV seroprevalence studies have been conducted on the high-risk groups. However there seems to be a paucity of such studies undertaken in the general population. This study was directed towards the adolescents and young Indian male adults. A representative samples of 19,436 were tested, out of which nine were positive for HIV, thereby giving a HIV seroprevalence rate of 0.46 per 1000 with a clustering of the positive subjects towards the North East of India followed by the Southern states. Those from the North East were younger than those from the South. This calls for a targeted information, education and communication (IEC) programme aimed at the younger group in the East with known greater risk potential for intravenous drug abuse, and older adults in the South. The study also provides an insight for HIV/AIDS mapping and possible future direction of the epidemic in India.
已经针对高危人群开展了大量的艾滋病毒血清流行率研究。然而，在普通人群中进行的此类研究似乎很少。本研究针对的是印度青少年和年轻男性成年人。对19436名具有代表性的样本进行了检测，其中9人艾滋病毒呈阳性，因此艾滋病毒血清流行率为每1000人中有0.46人，阳性受试者集中在印度东北部，其次是南部各邦。来自东北部的人比来自南部的人更年轻。这就需要针对东部已知静脉药物滥用风险较高的年轻群体以及南部的老年人开展有针对性的信息、教育和宣传（IEC）项目。该研究还为印度的艾滋病毒/艾滋病疫情地图绘制以及疫情未来可能的发展方向提供了见解。
