41 and India (0.09%). The higher report from our study is probably due to the rise in seropositivity of HIV among the general population recently. It also explains the highest geographic distributions of HIV infection in the study area, which is in some way greater than Ethiopian national data.
21 Variations in the disease’s burden in society, population differences in social behavior, lifestyle, socioeconomic status, level of understanding, and variation in the study environment, as well as a strict nonstop establishment of HIV awareness in the previously listed study, may all contribute to the observed variations. In this study, most of the study participants have practiced multiple sexual contacts, body tattooing, dental extraction procedures, having alcohol, and chewing Khat. Ethiopian studies show a relationship between Khat use and unsafe sex more likely to have multiple sexual partners, which may predispose to HIV infection and viral hepatitis.
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