1Department of Paediatrics, Department of Community Medicine, BHU, Varanasi (U.P.)
2Division of Biostatistics, Department of Community Medicine, BHU, Varanasi (U.P.)
3Saraswati Institute of Medical Sciences (SIMS), Hapur, Gaziabad (U.P.)
4Department of Microbiology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221 005.
5Department of Community Medicine, SIMS, Hapur, Gaziabad (U.P.)
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) virus was originated in Africa during 1959–1960. The first AIDS case was detected in 1981 in USA. Now this has become a global epidemic. The first human immune deficiency virus (HIV) infected case was detected in India in 1986 in a sex worker of Chennai (Tamil Nadu). By the end of 2008, the estimated number of HIV infects were 2.5 million in India. Presence of HIV infection in each reqion of the country highlights the spread of Infection from urban to rural i.e. from the high risk to the general population and from the permissive to conservative societies. The spread is mainly caused by the migrants, especially, of lower literacy level. Most of the transmission of disease is horizontal. This study aims to assess the sera-positivity rate of HIV infection among clinically suspected subjects of elderly people (e” 50 yrs) as per biological and behavioral characteristics. The differentials of the sero-positivity rate for the symptoms of morbidity are also evaluated.
