Awareness of opportunistic infection of aids – the hidden assailant

Aim: To assess the knowledge and create awareness of opportunistic infection of aids in the general population of Chennai. Objective: To assess the knowledge regarding the symptoms, mode of transmission, causes, and prevention and control measures associated with opportunistic infection of aids in the general population of Chennai .also to study the relationship of level of awareness between age, sex and educational status. Background: People with healthy immune systems can be exposed to certain viruses, bacteria, or parasites and have no reaction to them—but people living with HIV /aids can face serious health threats from “opportunistic” infections (Opportunistic infections). Recent studies have highlighted the importance of increasing awareness of opportunistic infection of aids and reducing the associated stigmas to reduce the incidence of aids and enable earlier diagnosis and effective treatment. This study is done to assess the level of knowledge of the general populace, about various aspects of opportunistic infection of aids and to assess the relationship of the level of awareness with age, sex and educational qualification of the participants. Reason: The reason is to study the level of knowledge of the general populace, about various aspects of opportunistic infection of aids, and to assess the relationship of the level of awareness to age, sex and educational qualification of the participants