Open AccessSkin and Mucocutaneous Manifestations: Useful Clinical Predictors of HIV/AIDS
Author(s) -
Shashi Chopra,
Usha Arora
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2012/4615.2633
Subject(s) - mucocutaneous zone , medicine , dermatology , seroprevalence , sex organ , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , transmission (telecommunications) , epidemiology , disease , immunology , antibody , serology , biology , electrical engineering , genetics , engineering
The HIV infection is associated with several dermatological conditions which may be the first pointer towards the existence of HIV. These may present with unusual and atypical manifestations in the course of the HIV infection. Keeping this in mind, the seroprevalence of HIV in these persons and the spectrum of the skin and the mucocutaneous lesions in the HIV positive patients was studied.