Prevalence of STI/RTI and HIV Infection in Patients Attending at STI/RTI Clinics in District Government Hospital, Anantapur, A.P
Journal Title: International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
Introduction: Prevalence of STDs is increasing in the world specially in the developing countries. Objective of the research were a} To study Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STI) and reproductive tract infections (RTI) in patients attending STI clinic B} To study prevalence of HIV in these patients C} To study the trends of HIV and RTI/STI. Material and method: Collected data from hospital since 3 years which consists of symptoms, HIV prevalence, antenatal screening and condom usage etc. Results: In Anantapur district percentage of patients attending to STI clinics, females 7888 (69.99%) when compared to male patients 3874 (32.0%). According to symptomatology majority of female patients are suffering from vagino-cervical discharge (39%) From the total Percentage of patients attending STI clinics 0.36% of patients are HIV positive. Conclusion: STI is public health problem in the community as the disease is more of social disease than a medical disease
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Nirmala . , Kommala Penchalaiah, Jahnavi . , Pavani .
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