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• TITLE: HIV Infected Elderly Women: From Rhetoric to Reality—Experience from Eastern India

  AUTHORS: Arunansu Talukdar, Vishal Parmar, Raja Bhattacharya, Dibbendhu Khanra, Sumit Verma, Payel Talukdar, Suman Mitra, Krishnendu Roy

  KEYWORDS: HIV; Elderly; Sex; Clinical Presentation; CD4

  JOURNAL NAME: World Journal of AIDS, Vol.4 No.1, February 26, 2014

  ABSTRACT: Background: Detection of HIV among elderly is increasing globally and this is going to be a major public health issue in recent future. In India, data regarding demographical and clinical picture of HIV among elderly are sparse more so for elderly women. Elderly individuals especially women are still largely outside the light of HIV awareness programs and represent a major portion of undiagnosed HIV infected population with a poor quality of life. Methods and Materials: This cross-sectional study was conducted at HIV clinic of a tertiary care hospital in eastern India. 567 cases (men 457, women 110) that were detected to be HIV-positive at or after age of 50 years from 2008 to 2012 were analyzed on socio-demographical and clinical basis. Results: Detection of HIV was found to be increasing (5.7% in 2008 to 12.8% in 2012) among the elderly over last five years. Illiteracy (p