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Recent Profile Of HIV Positive Patients Attending Integrated Testing and Counseling Centre (ICTC) at Tertiary Care Centre. Bangalore.
IntroductionHIV continues to be a major global public health issue, having claimed more than 35 million lives so far. Integrated counseling and testing center (ICTC) is the gate way to care. HIV positive individuals who undergo ICTC are reported to have safer sex and reduced risk behaviors, thereby decreasing their likelihood of infecting others.Materials and MethodsIt was a Hospital based cross sectional observational study conducted at, The Oxford Medical College Hospital and Research centre of 7389 clients registered at ICTC from July 2018 to January 2020.Results1.04% of the clients were HIV reactive. Maximum seropositives were males 70.1%. The age group 35- 49 years depicted highest seropositivity. Among the male seropositives 11(20.3%) were drivers (local transport and truck). Among females 16(69.5%) were housewives. Heterosexual (97.4%) was the commonest mode of transmission.ConclusionICTC is a key entry point for HIV prevention. ICTC services could make difference by increasing the awareness by aggressive health education programmes and addressing to all other needs
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