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Hiv: The Gloabal and Indian Scenario: Dr. Kanupriya Chaturvedi Dr. S.K Chaturvedi
Hiv: The Gloabal and Indian Scenario: Dr. Kanupriya Chaturvedi Dr. S.K Chaturvedi
Hiv: The Gloabal and Indian Scenario: Dr. Kanupriya Chaturvedi Dr. S.K Chaturvedi
INDIAN SCENARIO
The ranges around the estimates in this table define the boundaries within which the actual numbers lie, based on the best available information.
• * Source: UNAIDS,2004
5.1 m. Indian living with HIV
Annual Pregnancies 27 M
High Prevalence
States: these are
Tamil Nadu,
Maharastra,
Karnataka, Andhra
Pradesh, Manipur and
Nagaland
100
90 # uninfected
80
70 # infected during
60 63 BF for 2 yrs
50 uninfected
# infected during
40
delivery
30 15
20 #infants infected
15
10 during
0 7 pregnancy
• Globally: 15-45%
80
60
%
40
20
0
Bihar Gujarat Uttar Pradesh
• Seroconversion
• Infection with HIV, antibodies develop
• Asymptomatic
• No signs of HIV, immune system
controls virus production
• Symptomatic
• Physical signs of HIV infection, some
immune suppression
• AIDS
• Opportunistic infections, end-stage
disease DR. S.K CHATURVEDI
Natural History of HIV Infection
• Immune suppression
• HIV attacks white blood cells,called
CD4 cells, that protect body from
illness
• Over time, the body’s ability to fight
common infections is lost
• Opportunistic infections occur
DR. S.K CHATURVEDI
HIV Disease
•Progression of HIV disease is measured by:
– CD4+ count
• Degree of immune suppression
• Lower CD4+ count means decreasing
immunity
– Viral load
• Amount of virus in the blood
• Higher viral load means more immune
suppression
DR. S.K CHATURVEDI
HIV Disease
• Severity of illness is
determined by amount of
virus in the body
(increasing viral load) and
the degree of immune
suppression (decreasing
CD4+ counts)
• Higher the viral load, the
sooner immune
suppression occurs
DR. S.K CHATURVEDI
Progression of HIV Infection