Aim:
The main objective of this article was to Study of HIV status in 400 cases S.T.D in Shanti I.D Clinic, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
Introduction:
India is home to approximately 2.5 million people living with HIV, the third-largest number of cases of any country in the world. Despite the recent reduction in HIV prevalence among both the general population and many high-risk groups, the percentage of infections occurring among the men has continued to rise in comparison to that among the women. Some women could also be unaware of their male partners’ risk factors for HIV infection. Reported cases of three nationally notifiable STDs-Chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis have increased. The study explores how STIs may increase the risk of sexual HIV transmission, how STIs may be undermining our HIV prevention strategies, and what we can do about it. Research suggests that STIs can increase both an HIV negative person’s risk of becoming infected with HIV and HIV positive person’s risk of transmitting HIV to somebody else.
Most of the ladies are infected with HIV through high-risk heterosexual contact. Women are increasingly inclined to HIV contamination contrasted with men during intercourse. Recently released national HIV prevalence estimates for India indicate that 0.22% of girls and 0.36% of men aged 15-49 years are affected. The number of female patients who actually take Anti -Retroviral Therapy is also very few, but they have a higher propensity of developing Steven Johnson syndrome and symptoms of hepatic events from nevirapine. In this article, we review evidence about the link between STI and HIV transmission and consider implications for the control program.
