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Incidence of HIV infection in antenatal mothers

Objectives: To determine the number of mothers detected as HIV positive during the period of April 2016 to September 2017 in COM&JNM Hospital Kalyani Nadia attending ICTC unit.

Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study. All antenatal mothers attending antenatal OPD for first time was counselled for HIV testing. Antenatal patient after giving consent was tested for HIV in ICTC. Confirmative test was done for positive patients.

Results: Total 1557 patient was tested for HIV during the time period of 18 months. Only 2 mothers came positive. So, 0.12% patient was detected with HIV.

Conclusion: HIV incidence is less in compare to west Bengal and India in our institute.

Key words: HIV, antenatal, ICTC, PPTCT.


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