Community-based intervention is necessary for the control of HIV in North-Central Nigeria.
| dc.contributor.author | Ajoge, Hannah O. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Yende Zuma, Nonhlanhla. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Jatau, Edward D. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ibrahim, Sani. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Olonitola, Stephen O. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Shittu, Oladapo S. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-12-10T12:33:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-12-10T12:33:40Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2011 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Objectives: To determine factors associated with the observed high prevalence of HIV in North-Central Nigeria. Methods: In a cross-sectional multisite study conducted in 2007, behavioral, medical, and demographic data were obtained from pregnant women (N = 1011) who were tested for the presence of antibody against HIV-1 and HIV-2. Results: The overall prevalence of HIV-1 in the 1011 women included in the study was 10.3% (95% confidence interval (CI) 8.4–12.2). In the multivariate analysis, HIV-1 seropositivity was significantly associated with women from the Makurdi (odds ratio (OR) 31.3, 95% CI 3.8–255.7) and Minna (OR 15.4, 95% CI 1.7–135.1) sites in comparison with Panyam site. The presence of tuberculosis (OR 10.7, 95% CI 2.4–48.3) was also significantly associated with HIV-1 seropositive status. Factors associated with HIV-1 also differed between sites. The presence of antibody against HIV-2 was not observed. Conclusions: The high HIV-1 prevalence observed in this study corroborates previous observations in North-Central Nigeria. Disparity in the prevalence across communities was also seen. This is the only detailed socio-epidemiological and behavioral study that has explored potential factors associated with HIV-1 in North-Central Nigeria, and it revealed that differences in risk factors explain the disparity in prevalence across communities. | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | Ajoge, H.O., et al. 2013. Community-based intervention is necessary for the control of HIV in North-Central Nigeria. Int J Infect Dis. 17(4) pp. e234–e239. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1201-9712 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2012.09.020 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10413/10194 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier. | en |
| dc.subject | HIV infections--Treatment--Nigeria. | en |
| dc.subject | AIDS (Disease)--Nigeria. | en |
| dc.title | Community-based intervention is necessary for the control of HIV in North-Central Nigeria. | en |
| dc.type | Peer reviewed journal article | en |