Ramalingam Sekar|Murugesan Amudhan|Moorthy Sivashankar|Manoharan Mythreyee
Recent trends in HIV prevalence in a remote setting of southern India: Insights into arranging HIV control policies
Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University|Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University|Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University|Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University
constant vigilance dynamics hiv prevalence important estimating regulating implementing prevention programs objective study investigate trend prevalence hiv infection six years among specific demographic groups remote district southern indiaall highrisk attendees integrated counseling testing centre government theni medical college april 2005 december 2010 included study characteristics including age sex place residence literacy hiv serostatus collected per guidelines national aids control organizationa total 50043 data sets analyzed 3282 66 tested positive hiv infection prevalence hiv infection among 25 age group significantly lower compared elderly 44 vs 69 odds ratio 062 95 confidence interval 055071 p 001 decline hiv prevalence among age groups ptrend 001 25 yearold 823 ptrend 001 25year old 142 males ptrend 001 509 urban population ptrend 001 459 illiterates ptrend 001 68 trend hiv prevalence among females ptrend 048 91 rural population ptrend 095 71 literate population ptrend 044 28 statistically insignificanthiv prevalence stable female population decreasing male population indicating current interventions must strengthened reduce hiv prevalence among females