Seroprevalence of HIV Infection Among Patients Attending The Prepregnancy Class At Prenatal Diagnosis And Therapy Centre

Objective: To study the sero-prevalence if HIV infection in the pre-pregnancy period in a tertiary care centre in Lagos. Setting: Prenatal Diagnosis and Therapy Centre of a Tertiary Hospital Method: The serological records of HIV1 AND HIV2 screening of patients who attended the prepregnancy class at the Prenatal Diagnosis and Therapy centre, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos from 1997 to 2005 were reviewed and analyzed for trends in seroprevalence. The patients sera were screened for antibodies to HIV using enzymes- linked immunoassay (reported Results: A total n=1,886 patients screened,73 (3.87%)…