HIV-1 SEROEPIDEMIOLOGICAL PROFILE IN AGE-GROUPS AND SEXES IN BENIN-CITY, NIGERIA

A pilot survey of 2,206 collected sera were screened for HIV-Ab by ELI SA in the age groups 10-60 years. The age group 20-29 years recorded t he highest HIV-1 Ab with 9/239 (3.77%). The age group 10-19, 30-39 and 40-49 recorded 3/192 (1.56%); 4/725 (0.55%) and 2/671 (0.3%), respect ively. The age group >50 years had 1/379 (0.26%). The relative rate wa s 3.29 between females and male with 95% confidence intervals of 1.33- 8.14, p = 0.0125 by Fisher's Exact test. Conditioned on marital status , there was no significant difference in HIV-1 Ab distribution for the various age groups using modified Chi square, G(2) = 18.08 at B = 0.0 1.