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Virology Research Journal | Volume 2
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May 18-19, 2018 | Montreal, Canada
2
nd
World Conference on
STDs, STIs & HIV/AIDS
W
omen may have persistent risk of being infected
with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) during
pregnancy. The associated risks may affect the unborn child
unless the adequate surveillance is done and appropriate
steps are taken for mitigation. A research to assess the
seroprevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
among pregnant women attending ante-natal clinic at a
secondary health facility, Uyo was carried out using standard
serological methods. A total of 184 pregnant women
were screened and thirty-seven (20.1%) of them were HIV
positive. The ages of all the women ranged from 17-44 years,
out of which the age group 35-39 years had the highest
prevalence (41.2%) of HIV positive women, followed by 25-
29 years (24.4%) while <20 years and ≥40 years had none.
Married pregnant women had the highest overall prevalence
of 14.1% while individual who registered in the hospital
as divorcees had highest prevalence (70%) within group.
Working pregnant women were more affected (21.9%) than
unemployed counterparts (17.8%), just as the educated
were more affected (23.9%) than the uneducated (17.9%).
None of the pregnant women was undergoing prevention of
mother to child transmission (PMTCT) programs. Unmarried
youth, underage and those who registered as divorcee were
more than the pregnant women. The urgent need for PMTCT
programme in this study area becomes obvious due adverse
maternal and foetal outcome associated with HIV positive
participants.
e:
aayodegoke@gmail.comSeroprevalence and sociological indices of HIV among the pregnant women attending ante-natal in a
secondary health facility
Anthony A. Adegoke
University of Uyo, Nigeria