Prevalence of HIV-2 infection in Mumbai

Trends of Seroprevalence and Epidemiology of HIV Infection: A Five Year Tertiary Care Hospital Based Study

“…The difference in HIV seropositivity in different studies may be attributed to the difference in health seeking facilities and risk behaviours.In contrast to the pandemic spread of HIV-1, the HIV-2 epidemic has largely been limited to West Africa. In present study 3(0.000083%) cases were reactive for HIV-2 which is in accordance to other studies which confirm that HIV-2 is relatively rare in Asia (Agrawal et al, 2010).…”

HIV-2 infection: Where are we today?

“…[81521] Similar findings are observed in the present study [Table 2]. This may be due to the fact that there can be a delay in HIV-2 infected individuals seeking diagnosis and treatment because of the low transmissibility and slower disease progression of HIV-2.…”

“…[81415161718] Comparatively, our finding of 0.14% is low. This proves that currently a heterogenous epidemic of HIV-2 exists in India.…”

HIV - 2 Infections from a Tertiary Care Hospital in India - A Case Report

“…The frequency of HIV-2 in a blood donor population at a tertiary referral hospital in Southern India between the period 1998-2007 was also similar at 2.8% of all HIV diagnoses [1.3% HIV-2 and 1.5% HIV 1 & 2 dual infections] [8]. Various studies from South and West India has reported that HIV-2 prevalence ranges from 0.3 -2.1% [5,9,10]. Murugan and Amburajan observed a prevalence of 0.29% of HIV-2 in south Tamil Nadu, and Solomon et, al.…”

“…Compared to HIV-1, transmission of HIV-2 virus from an infected mother to her child seems to be less frequent. However, cases of transmission from an infected woman to her fetus have been reported among women who had primary HIV-2 infection during their pregnancy [5]. The prevalence rate of HIV-2 infection in India is not available so far.…”