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Declining seroprevalence of HIV infection among paediatric inpatients

S R Daga   Bela Verma   D V Gosavi   V Kapse   N Shinde

Cama and Albless Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Correspondence to: S R Daga, Department of Pediatrics, BJ Medical College and Sassoon General Hospital, Pune -411 001 Maharashtra, India subhashdaga{at}yahoo.com

An unlinked anonymous testing for HIV infection among consecutive paediatric admissions at Cama and Albless Hospital, Mumbai, was performed in 1998-99 and again in 2003-04. The seroprevalence declined from 5.5% (24/535) to 2.2% (10/447). Greater awareness, enhanced antenatal detection and measures taken to prevent mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) seem to have contributed to the declining seroprevalence. We believe that paediatric inpatients reflect the extent of MTCT in the community.

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