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Knowledge And Awareness On Hiv And Its Impact On Brain Among Dental Students - A Survey
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SUBARAMAN.M , R.GAYATRI DEVI, R.GAYATHRI
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HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a virus. It attacks cells that help the body fight against infection, thus making a person more vulnerable to other infections and diseases. It spread by contact with certain bodily fluids of a person with HIV, most commonly during unprotected sex , or through sharing injection ,drug equipment.and utensils.The Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been used since the beginning of the pandemic to examine the impact of HIV on the brain.The recent imaging studies reported the potential of imaging to provide proxy markers of common pathological processes in HIV infection. The aim of the study is to study the knowledge and awareness of HIV impact on the brain among dental students. A questionnaire was designed online in Google forms which consisted of 10 questions.The response recorded using the online platform "Google forms'' was analysed using the statistical software SPSS version 2.0 chart analysis was carried out with the responses recorded in the software and the result was represented using the pie chart. The study population included was the dental students, statistics analysed and studied. The response collected and the data was analysed. The responses were half mixed about ameloglyphicsThe present study was evident that our study findings depicts that saveetha dental college students are more precisely aware of all the important aspects related to dentistry. The survey conducted has strengthened the fact that human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV) can cause impact on the brain and this survey's result concluded us that most of the dental students are aware of that
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HIV, Brain, awareness, impact
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2020.SP2.110
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