Clinical study of sexually transmitted viral infections in HIV seropositive patients

Abstract

Human immunodeficiency virus disease (HIV) and sexually transmitted viral infections (STIs) are important cause of increasing morbidity and mortality in sexually active individuals, In our study we the incidence, age, sex distribution, risk factors and prevalence of viral STIs among HIV positive and negative patients who attended the tertiary care hospital and study we found that Herpes Genitalis to be the most common viral infection in HIV seropositive patients. Condylomaaccuminata are second most common viral infection in seropositive HIV patients. Social factors, lack of awareness, multiple sexual partners, poverty also contributed to the spread of HIV. HPV vaccine-based prevention and education programs need to be implemented in this high-risk community and centres providing voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) services for HIV.