Risk and significant factors associated with HIV Suspect Adults attending S S Hospital, Banaras Hindu University

This study is based on 6007 subjects of reproductive age group (3201 males and 2806 females) referred for sero-positivity status at ICTC, IMS, BHU, Varanasi. Overall sero-positivity of HIV was 15.3% (18.1% in males and 12.2% in females) which increased 6-7 folds in the age group 35-49 years as compared to 15-24 years in both the sexes. Sero-positivity rate in male migrants was 43.1%, while in female migrants it was 18.7%. The history of multiple sexual contacts was about 3 times higher in males as compared to females; predominantly very high in male migrants (67.7%) compared to male non-migrants (15.8%). History of multiple sexual contacts was not uncommon in females migrants (25.0%) and 9.7% in non-migrant females. The sero-positivity rate with the history of multiple sexual contacts was 45.4% in males and 60.3% in females, while without history of multiple sexual contacts these were only 2.8% and 5.3% respectively. Sero-positive cases had on an average 3.6±1.7 various morbidity symptoms as compared to 0.7±1.1 in sero-negatives. Sero-positivity rate was more in those females who seemed apparently healthy compared to those presenting with some of the symptoms; males presenting with some symptoms HIV infection was 7 times higher than those without symptoms.