The Knowledge and Attitude Towards Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)

Between 08/01/2023 to 12/04/2023, Two Hundred Twenty samples (male and female) of any age were drawn from District Hospital Pampore. Only 13 clinical samples out of the 220 that were analysed were found to be HIV-1/HIV-2 positive (9 HIV-1 samples and 3 HIV-2 samples). One of the most totally global diseases has always been HIV/AIDS. The lent virus known as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is what causes AIDS and HIV infection. In the human disease known as AIDS, the immune system gradually fails, allowing tumours and infections that can be fatal to spread. HIV can be transmitted through the exchange of blood, semen, vaginal fluid, and breast milk. Within these bodily fluids, HIV is present as both free virus particles and virus within infected immune cells. HIV infects vital cells in the human immune system such as helper CD4 T cells, macrophages