PREVALENCE AND CLINICAL PATTERN OF PEDIATRIC HIV INFECTION WITH TB, FTT AND PEM IN WEST BENGAL POPULATION- A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY.

Millions of people living with HIV in the world and the number is increasing day by day. In India the number also grows rapidly. Infection of children with HIV means the inclusion of new cases with HIV is alarmingly high in India. the HIV prevalence rate in India is lower than in many other countries. In 2014, India\'s AIDS prevalence rate stood at approximately 0.26% ? the 90th highest in the world.[6] The spread of HIV in India is primarily restricted to the southern and north-eastern regions of the country and India has also been praised for its extensive anti-AIDS campaign. the literature review revealed that the relation between malnutrition and pediatric HIV cases. In the current study, 104 patients were enrolled for the study in the tertiary care hospital in Kolkata to know the prevalence of pediatric HIV. For these purpose, prevalence of pediatric HIV cases were studied as sex distribution of the patient, age distribution, district wise distribution, distribution of weight for age, distribution for height for age and relation between HIV and most common pediatric problems like infection of tuberculosis, protein energy malnutrition and failure to thrive. Prevalence of HIV in the different groups, namely FTT, TB and PEM was found to be 2.27%, 2.94% and 3.9%, respectively, which was not different statistically (X2= 0.248, p>0.5). in patients of TB only (no PEM and FTT) and PEM only (no TB and FTT), HIV prevalence was 6.25% and 8% respectively. 75% of the cases were suffering from PEM. Prevalence of PEM in TB patient was 52.9%. All the HIV positive cases in the study (n=4) were HIV1 positive. 95.74% patients were discharged from the study. So, the present study opening a scope of further research to accurately delineate the correlation between HIV and gender encompassing a larger geographic region, and thus, including a larger population under review.