Anand, Krishnan

Balu, Ravi Kumar

Dar, Lalit

Kant, Shashi

Rai, Sanjay

Singh, Urvashi

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Ravi Balu

Sanjay Rai

Shashi Kant

Krishnan Anand

Lalit Dar

Urvashi Singh

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POSTER PRESENTATION Open Access
HIV prevalence among TB patients attending
DOTS centres in rural Haryana, India
Ravi Kumar Balu*, Sanjay Rai, Shashi Kant, Krishnan Anand, Lalit Dar, Urvashi Singh
From 16th International Symposium on HIV and Emerging Infectious Diseases
Marseille, France. 24-26 March 2010
Background
This study was done to estimate the prevalence of HIV
infection among TB patients; and the presence of HIV
related risk behavior among these TB patients attending
DOTS centres in Ballabgarh, Haryana, India.
Methods
The study was carried out in two DOTS centres of Bal-
labgarh Tehsil of district Faridabad, Haryana. It was a
health facility based cross sectional survey. Study sub-
jects were all TB patients (Pulmonary and Extra Pul-
monary) who were registered for DOTS. Data was
collected from January 2007 to June 2008. We enrolled
413 patients. Eligible subjects were informed about the
study objectives and written consent was obtained.
Interview schedule was used for data collection. All
patients were offered free Liver Function Test. Unlinked
anonymous testing on aliquot of LFT blood samples was
performed after removing all identifiers. HIV testing was
done using three E/R/S
Results
Four hundred and thirteen TB patients were interviewed
and blood samples could be obtained from 368 patients
(89.1%). Among them four samples got contaminated
and labels of ten samples was lost during the transporta-
tion. Finally off the 354 samples tested two were found
HIV sero reactive. Prevalence of HIV among TB was
0.56% (95% CI 0.068-2.02).
Of the 315 (76.3%) who ever had sexual intercourse,
289 (91.7%) reported sex with spouse/regular partner,
20 (6.4%) with non regular partner, five with female sex
worker and one had with multiple partner. Three
(11.5%) subjects used condoms regularly, eight (30.8%)
used occasionally and 15 (57.7%) never used condom
(n = 26). Among all married patients (n = 293), 13 (4%)
had sex outside marriage. Six patients had a paid sex
(n = 13). One patient each reported of having anogenital
ulcer and intravenous drug usage in last one year.
Discussion
HIV prevalence was low and similar to the rate observed
among pregnant women (0.13%) who could be consid-
ered as proxy to general low risk population. HIV risk
behavior among TB patients was low and comparable to
general population rate observed in a state wide beha-
viour survey. Low risk behaviour contributed to low
HIV prevalence among the study population.
Published: 11 May 2010
doi:10.1186/1742-4690-7-S1-P124
Cite this article as: Balu et al.: HIV prevalence among TB patients
attending DOTS centres in rural Haryana, India. Retrovirology 2010
7(Suppl 1):P124.
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HIV prevalence among TB patients attending DOTS centres in rural Haryana, India

Dar Lalit

Anand Krishnan

Kant Shashi

Rai Sanjay

Balu Ravi

Singh Urvashi

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Retrovirology

Ravi Kumar Balu

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POSTER PRESENTATION Open AccessHIV prevalence among TB patients attendingDOTS centres in rural Haryana, IndiaRavi Kumar Balu*, Sanjay Rai, Shashi Kant, Krishnan Anand, Lalit Dar, Urvashi SinghFrom 16th International Symposium on HIV and Emerging Infectious DiseasesMarseille, France. 24-26 March 2010BackgroundThis study was done to estimate the prevalence of HIVinfection among TB patients; and the presence of HIVrelated risk behavior among these TB patients attendingDOTS centres in Ballabgarh, Haryana, India.MethodsThe study was carried out in two DOTS centres of Bal-labgarh Tehsil of district Faridabad, Haryana. It was ahealth facility based cross sectional survey. Study sub-jects were all TB patients (Pulmonary and Extra Pul-monary) who were registered for DOTS. Data wascollected from January 2007 to June 2008. We enrolled413 patients. Eligible subjects were informed about thestudy objectives and written consent was obtained.Interview schedule was used for data collection. Allpatients were offered free Liver Function Test. Unlinkedanonymous testing on aliquot of LFT blood samples wasperformed after removing all identifiers. HIV testing wasdone using three E/R/SResultsFour hundred and thirteen TB patients were interviewedand blood samples could be obtained from 368 patients(89.1%). Among them four samples got contaminatedand labels of ten samples was lost during the transporta-tion. Finally off the 354 samples tested two were foundHIV sero reactive. Prevalence of HIV among TB was0.56% (95% CI 0.068-2.02).Of the 315 (76.3%) who ever had sexual intercourse,289 (91.7%) reported sex with spouse/regular partner,20 (6.4%) with non regular partner, five with female sexworker and one had with multiple partner. Three(11.5%) subjects used condoms regularly, eight (30.8%)used occasionally and 15 (57.7%) never used condom(n = 26). Among all married patients (n = 293), 13 (4%)had sex outside marriage. Six patients had a paid sex(n = 13). One patient each reported of having anogenitalulcer and intravenous drug usage in last one year.DiscussionHIV prevalence was low and similar to the rate observedamong pregnant women (0.13%) who could be consid-ered as proxy to general low risk population. HIV riskbehavior among TB patients was low and comparable togeneral population rate observed in a state wide beha-viour survey. Low risk behaviour contributed to lowHIV prevalence among the study population.Published: 11 May 2010doi:10.1186/1742-4690-7-S1-P124Cite this article as: Balu et al.: HIV prevalence among TB patientsattending DOTS centres in rural Haryana, India. Retrovirology 20107(Suppl 1):P124.Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Centraland take full advantage of: • Convenient online submission• Thorough peer review• No space constraints or color figure charges• Immediate publication on acceptance• Inclusion in PubMed, CAS, Scopus and Google Scholar• Research which is freely available for redistributionSubmit your manuscript at www.biomedcentral.com/submit* Correspondence: beravi4@hotmail.comAll India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, IndiaBalu et al. Retrovirology 2010, 7(Suppl 1):P124http://www.retrovirology.com/content/7/S1/P124© 2010 Balu et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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