Prevalence of Hiv Infection among Tuberculosis (tb) Patients in a Tb/haart-haart Referral Centre in Nigeria
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The prevalence of HIV infection among TB patients in the TB/HAART-HAART Referral Centre of General Hospital Ugep, Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria from 2009 to 2010 was studied. Samples of blood were collected from 738 TB patients in 2009 and 377 TB patients in 2010, and their HIV status determined. Viral antibody detection was carried out using World Health Organization approved kits called “Chembio HIV 1/2 STAT-PAK assay” and “Determine HIV 1/2 test kits” which detects both HIV-1 and HIV-2. Out of 738 TB patients screened in 2009, 338 (45.80%) patients were HIV positive. Out of 377 TB patients screened in 2010, 105 (27.90%) were HIV positive. This gave a 17.90% decrease from 2009. The prevalence of co-infection was higher among females (32.52%) than males (13.28%) in 2009. Similar result was observed in 2010, with higher prevalence in females 21.22%, than males 6.63%. The co-infection was higher among those aged 21-30 years (70.00%) in 2009. In 2010, the prevalence was higher within the age range 31-40 (38.60%). HIV/TB co-infection was statistically significant (p < 0.05) with respect to gender and age. The results further underscore the need for routine screening of TB patients for HIV infection as required by World Health Organization.
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