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Abstract
Incidence of HIV in victims of sexual assault over a period of 5-years (2000-4) in Transkei, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Meel B.1
Introduction: HIV/AIDS epidemic and sexual assault have emerged as one of the most serious public health problems in South Africa. The country has about 5-million HIV infected individuals. About a million women are raped every year. OJECTIVE: To study the incidence of HIV in victims of sexual assaults.
Methods: This is a retrospective descriptive study. There were 831 victims of sexual assault, who attended the Sinawe Centre during the 5-year (2000-2004) study period. Sinawe Centre is the only unit in this area which deals with cases of sexual assaults. Data were analyzed with the help of PRISM R computer program.
Results: There is an increase in sexual assaults by two and a half times and a four and a half fold increase in HIV seropositivity over the 5 years. In 2000, 76 (9.7%) sexual assault cases were registered, and increased to 237 (28.5%) in 2004. Of them, 443 (53.3%) were children under 15-years of age. A total of 114 (13.7%) tested positive for HIV, and 23 (2.7%) were children less than 15 years. In 2000, only 8 (1%) tested positive for HIV, and this had climbed to 39 (4.7%) in 2004. There is significant difference in HIV seropositivity among children compared to adults, p<0.05, and Paired t=3.45 with 3df.
Conclusions: There is an increasing incidence of HIV among victims of sexual assaults in this study. This is becoming more common among children.
The 3rd IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment
Abstract no.
MoPe10.2P02
Suggested Citation
" Meel B.
Incidence of HIV in victims of sexual assault over a period of 5-years (2000-4) in Transkei, Eastern Cape, South Africa. .
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The 3rd IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment:
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