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INCIDENCE OF HIV IN LOW RISK POPULATION - RATE OF VERTICAL TRANSMISSION AND ANTENATAL WOMEN IN JINNAH HOSPITAL LAHORE

Momina Malik, Noor Ehsan,Mahreen Saeed

Background- There is a need of the evaluation of infected population through HIV as the prevalence of HIV is increasing day by day. Due to the infected pregnant women this infection inherit in neonates and thus the rate of vertical transmission is also increasing through antenatal women so this all needs thorough evaluation. Objective- the main objective of this study is to diagnose the pregnant women coming in the tertiary health care center to determine the incidence of HIV and to observe the rate of vertical transmission in infected patients. Material and Methods- The present study was carried out in the tertiary health care center of Jinnah hospital Lahore. Results- out of 1000 delivery cases only 3.9 were found to be infected from HIV. 59% of the pregnant women took the complete care, in urban women the prevalence of HIV was 70% and 30% was in rural women. Around half of the infected women was belong to the age group of 21 to 25 years and 96% of them were infected through sexual transmission. In 65 patients the rate of CD4 was more than 350 and it was less than 350 for the 11 patients. In 76 patients around 35 patients had the normal vaginal delivery and in them 11% neonates were infected through the HIV and the 41 patients who were undergone the LCSC had 2% rate of vertical transmission. Conclusion- it is required that all the pregnant women should undergo for the screening of HIV so that timely treatment can make possible and the rate of vertical transmission can be reduced. Keywords: CD4 count, HAART, HIV