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Prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Among Pregnant Women

BACKGROUND: While the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus shows a decreasing trend globally, it is reported that the frequency of the infection and the associated mortality has increased in Somalia. HIV infection also plays an important role in maternal mortality and morbidity. OBJECTIVE: It...

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Autores principales: Kurtay, Sabri, Hussein, Ahmed Issak
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9792808/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36582616
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJWH.S392442
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description BACKGROUND: While the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus shows a decreasing trend globally, it is reported that the frequency of the infection and the associated mortality has increased in Somalia. HIV infection also plays an important role in maternal mortality and morbidity. OBJECTIVE: It is aimed to determine the HIV prevalence in pregnant women by observing the general population. METHODS: It was a quantitative, retrospective study conducted to examine the records of anti-HIV antibody test results of all patients. The sample size was calculated as 664 with a 99% confidence interval (CI) and a 5% margin of error. Anti-HIV results of selected patients in the electronic database were obtained. Mean, standard deviation, minimum and maximum values were calculated for the age. Percentages were calculated for prevalence. RESULTS: A total of 7959 pregnant were tested and 17 pregnants were found to be positive (0.2%). The results of 199,936 patients were analyzed. A total of 699 patients were found to be positive (0.3%). Of the 699 positive cases, 293 (41.9) were female and 406 (58.1%) were male. HIV seroprevalence in men and women was 0.3% and 0.4%, respectively. CONCLUSION: Within the scope of WHO’s global HIV elimination goal, Somalia needs effective national and international initiatives.
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spelling pubmed-97928082022-12-28 Prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Among Pregnant Women Kurtay, Sabri Hussein, Ahmed Issak Int J Womens Health Original Research BACKGROUND: While the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus shows a decreasing trend globally, it is reported that the frequency of the infection and the associated mortality has increased in Somalia. HIV infection also plays an important role in maternal mortality and morbidity. OBJECTIVE: It is aimed to determine the HIV prevalence in pregnant women by observing the general population. METHODS: It was a quantitative, retrospective study conducted to examine the records of anti-HIV antibody test results of all patients. The sample size was calculated as 664 with a 99% confidence interval (CI) and a 5% margin of error. Anti-HIV results of selected patients in the electronic database were obtained. Mean, standard deviation, minimum and maximum values were calculated for the age. Percentages were calculated for prevalence. RESULTS: A total of 7959 pregnant were tested and 17 pregnants were found to be positive (0.2%). The results of 199,936 patients were analyzed. A total of 699 patients were found to be positive (0.3%). Of the 699 positive cases, 293 (41.9) were female and 406 (58.1%) were male. HIV seroprevalence in men and women was 0.3% and 0.4%, respectively. CONCLUSION: Within the scope of WHO’s global HIV elimination goal, Somalia needs effective national and international initiatives. Dove 2022-12-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9792808/ /pubmed/36582616 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJWH.S392442 Text en © 2022 Kurtay and Hussein. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9792808/
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