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. 2006 Mar;73(3):205-7.
doi: 10.1007/BF02825481.

Prevalence of pediatric HIV in New Delhi

P Parthasarathy  1 , S K Mittal, V K Sharma
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Prevalence of pediatric HIV in New Delhi

P Parthasarathy et al. Indian J Pediatr. 2006 Mar.

Abstract

Objective: This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of HIV infection in North India, as there are scanty reports from this part of India.

Methods: The prevalence of HIV infection was determined by serological tests for HIV antibodies in children born to a seropositive mother or suffering from chronic diarrhea, failure to thrive or disseminated tuberculosis.

Results: One hundred and twelve children were tested of which ten were seropositive (8.9%). This included six children born to seropositive mother (22%), two with chronic diarrhea (4%), one with failure to thrive (5%) and one child with disseminated tuberculosis (6.6%).

Conclusion: HIV infection is an emerging reality in New Delhi. A clinically directed screening can help detect more cases.

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