Cover Image

ANALYSIS OF AWARENESS OF HIV/AIDS-AS A GROWING EPIDEMIC IN PAKISTAN

Main Author: Dr. Nadeem Abbas, Dr. Malik Muhammad Yousuf, Dr. Muhammad Zubair Niaz
Format: Article Journal
Bahasa: eng
Terbitan: , 2018
Subjects:
ANALYSIS OF AWARENESS OF HIV
AIDS-AS A GROWING EPIDEMIC IN PAKISTAN
Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/1423098
ctrlnum 1423098
fullrecord <?xml version="1.0"?> <dc schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><creator>Dr. Nadeem Abbas, Dr. Malik Muhammad Yousuf, Dr. Muhammad Zubair Niaz</creator><date>2018-09-21</date><description>HIV belongs to Lentivirus, which are also known as "slow virus". The name indicates there mode of action as they enters into body and remain in it for longer period of time. They have unique property of being inserting the information into the DNA of host cell and also have the ability to replicate in non-dividing cells. Two types of HIV has been characterized; HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is the most virulent and pathogenic strain. Worldwide, the predominant virus is HIV-1, and generally when people refer to HIV without specifying the type of virus they will be referring to HIV-1. The basic aim of the study is to analyze the prevalence and reasons of growing epidemics of HIV/AIDS in a Pakistani population. This study was basically conducted in a Pakistani population by designing a questionnaire. This was done during 2017 to 2018 with the help of different hospitals and different other departments of universities and hospitals. Basically we design a questionnaire to find out the reasons and prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Pakistani nation. The prevalence of STDs is alarmingly high in Pakistan especially in male individuals. Currently, the STD rate in men in urban areas of Pakistan is estimated to be8.5% in Karachi, 5.3% in Lahore, 4.0% in Faisalabad, 4.3% in Quetta, 2.5% in Rawalpindi, and 2.0% in Peshawar. This is the common thought in the minds of Pakistani people that as an Islamic Republic, Pakistan is protected from HIV/AIDS. This is true that Islam is against pre-marital sex or extra-marital sex and also homosexuality, and this is a valuable barrier against HIV/AIDS. But still there is a threat of prevalence of this disease in Pakistan.</description><identifier>https://zenodo.org/record/1423098</identifier><identifier>10.5281/zenodo.1423098</identifier><identifier>oai:zenodo.org:1423098</identifier><language>eng</language><relation>doi:10.5281/zenodo.1423097</relation><rights>info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess</rights><rights>https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode</rights><source>INDO AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES 05(09) 8924-8928</source><subject>ANALYSIS OF AWARENESS OF HIV/AIDS-AS A GROWING EPIDEMIC IN PAKISTAN</subject><title>ANALYSIS OF AWARENESS OF HIV/AIDS-AS A GROWING EPIDEMIC IN PAKISTAN</title><type>Journal:Article</type><type>Journal:Article</type><recordID>1423098</recordID></dc>
language eng
format Journal:Article
Journal
Journal:Journal
author Dr. Nadeem Abbas, Dr. Malik Muhammad Yousuf, Dr. Muhammad Zubair Niaz
title ANALYSIS OF AWARENESS OF HIV/AIDS-AS A GROWING EPIDEMIC IN PAKISTAN
publishDate 2018
topic ANALYSIS OF AWARENESS OF HIV
AIDS-AS A GROWING EPIDEMIC IN PAKISTAN
url https://zenodo.org/record/1423098
contents HIV belongs to Lentivirus, which are also known as "slow virus". The name indicates there mode of action as they enters into body and remain in it for longer period of time. They have unique property of being inserting the information into the DNA of host cell and also have the ability to replicate in non-dividing cells. Two types of HIV has been characterized; HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is the most virulent and pathogenic strain. Worldwide, the predominant virus is HIV-1, and generally when people refer to HIV without specifying the type of virus they will be referring to HIV-1. The basic aim of the study is to analyze the prevalence and reasons of growing epidemics of HIV/AIDS in a Pakistani population. This study was basically conducted in a Pakistani population by designing a questionnaire. This was done during 2017 to 2018 with the help of different hospitals and different other departments of universities and hospitals. Basically we design a questionnaire to find out the reasons and prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Pakistani nation. The prevalence of STDs is alarmingly high in Pakistan especially in male individuals. Currently, the STD rate in men in urban areas of Pakistan is estimated to be8.5% in Karachi, 5.3% in Lahore, 4.0% in Faisalabad, 4.3% in Quetta, 2.5% in Rawalpindi, and 2.0% in Peshawar. This is the common thought in the minds of Pakistani people that as an Islamic Republic, Pakistan is protected from HIV/AIDS. This is true that Islam is against pre-marital sex or extra-marital sex and also homosexuality, and this is a valuable barrier against HIV/AIDS. But still there is a threat of prevalence of this disease in Pakistan.
id IOS16997.1423098
institution ZAIN Publications
institution_id 7213
institution_type library:special
library
library Cognizance Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies
library_id 5267
collection Cognizance Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies
repository_id 16997
subject_area Multidisciplinary
city Stockholm
province INTERNASIONAL
shared_to_ipusnas_str 1
repoId IOS16997
first_indexed 2022-06-06T06:08:39Z
last_indexed 2022-06-06T06:08:39Z
recordtype dc
_version_ 1734907695242149888
score 17.608942

Lihat Juga