生物学と医学

概要

Clinical status and prevalence of viral STDs in Warangal, Andhra Pradesh

T Bikshapathi, AS Reddy, MK Reddy

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) have great impact on health of the individual and community. Prevalence of STDs varies in developing countries like India. Bacterial STDs are becoming less common and viral STDs are increasing. Therefore we conducted this study to investigate clinical status and prevalence of Viral STDs. The author has attended STD clinic MGM hospital Warangal during 2008 to 2010 and interacted with registered STD patients and recorded symptoms of STDs. Percentage of Genital herpes patients was higher 17.03%(2008), 14.86% (2009) and16.52% (2010) than other viral STDs. Least percentage of HIV/AIDS in STDs was observed 2.25%(2008),1.60%(2009) and 1.93% (2010). Prevalence of viral STDs was more in men than women all the years of study period. Overall, there was not significant increase in viral STDs from 2008 to 2010 when compared to population growth.