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Thirty years of HIV in Pakistan: a systematic review of prevalence and current scenario

Published:2017-10 Issue:10 Volume:12 Page:609-623
ISSN:1746-0794
Container-title:Future Virology
language:en
Short-container-title:Future Virology

Author:

Ali Muhammad¹,Nadeem Muhammad¹,Numan Muhammad¹,Khalil Ali Talha¹,Maqbool Khurram²,Yousaf Muhammad Zubair³⁴,Shinwari Zabta Khan¹,Idrees Muhammad⁵⁶

Affiliation:

1. Department of Biotechnology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320 Pakistan

2. National Center for Bioinformatics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320 Pakistan

3. Centers of Excellence in Science & Applied Technologies, Islamabad, Pakistan

4. Department of Biological Sciences, Forman Christian College (A Chartered University), Lahore, 54600 Pakistan

5. Hazara University Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 21120 Pakistan-

6. Center for Applied Molecular Biology (CAMB), University of the Punjab, 53700 Lahore

Abstract

Aim: HIV infection was first reported in Pakistan in 1987. Since then it has been a point of concern in the country. Materials & methods: We searched the literature on HIV in Pakistan using different keywords in Google, Pubmed, PakMediNet and GoogleScholar, and found a total of 64 articles dating from 1987 to 2016. Results: Total 4,882,450 individuals from Pakistan have been screened for HIV since last 30 years. The estimated overall prevalence was 0.041% (95% CI: 0.0–6.79). The highest infection rates of 15.05% (SE = 4.27%) were observed in injection drug users, followed by refugees (2.63%), sex workers (2.21%) and prisoners (1.32%). Conclusion: Awareness and medical surveillance programs in the high-risk population are required to decrease future burden of HIV in Pakistan.

Publisher

Future Medicine Ltd

Subject

Virology

Link

https://www.futuremedicine.com/doi/pdf/10.2217/fvl-2017-0009

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