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Subsequently, health camps were organized by the UP State AIDS Control Society in the villages and townships contributing to such detection. We conducted a case-control study to identify factors associated with this increased detection; 33 cases and 125 controls were enrolled. Cases were individuals, detected HIV sero-reactive during November 2017-April 2018 from three locations namely Premganj, Karimuddinpur and Chakmeerapur in the Bangarmau block of the district of Unnao. Controls hailed from the same geographical setting and tested HIV sero-nonreactive either in health camps or at ICTC centers from where the cases were detected. Misclassification bias was avoided by confirming HIV sero-status of both cases as well as controls prior to final analysis. Study participants were interviewed on various risk practices and invasive treatment procedures. They were also tested for HIV and other bio-markers reflecting unsafe injecting and sexual exposures such as hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), anti-HCV antibody (HCV Ab), anti-herpes simplex-2 Immunoglobulin G (HSV-2 IgG) and rapid plasma regain (RPR) test for syphilis. Secondary data analysis on three time points during 2015 through 2018 revealed a rising trend of HIV among attendees of the ICTCs (ICTC-Hasanganj, ICTC-Unnao district hospital and ICTC- Nawabganj) catering to the entire district of Unnao. While there was a seven fold rise of HIV among ICTC attendees of Hasanganj (\u03c7\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    value for trend 23.83; p &lt; 0.001), the rise in Unnao district hospital was twofold (\u03c7\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    value for trend 4.37; p &lt; 0.05) and was tenfold at ICTC-Nawabganj (\u03c7\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    value for trend 5.23; p &lt; 0.05) indicating risk of infection prevailing throughout the district. Primary data was generated through interviews and laboratory investigations as mentioned above. The median age of cases and controls was 50 year (minimum 18 \u2013maximum 68; IQR 31\u201357) and 38 year (minimum 18 \u2013maximum 78; IQR 29\u201350) respectively. Thirty six percent of the cases and 47% of controls were male. A significantly higher proportion of cases (85%) had HCV Ab compared to controls (56%; OR 4.4, 95% CI 1.5\u201312.1); none reported injection drug use. However, cases and controls did not differ significantly regarding presence of HSV-2 IgG (6% versus 8% respectively). Neither any significant difference existed between cases and controls in terms of receiving blood transfusion, undergoing invasive surgical procedures, tattooing, tonsuring of head or skin piercing. In multivariate logistic regression model, \u2018unsafe injection exposure during treatment-seeking\u2019(AOR 6.61, 95% CI 1.80\u201324.18) and \u2018receipt of intramuscular injection in last five years\u2019 (AOR 7.20, 95% CI 1.48\u201334.88) were independently associated with HIV sero-reactive status. The monophyletic clustering of HIV sequences from 14 cases (HIV-1\n                    <jats:italic>pol<\/jats:italic>\n                    gene amplified) indicated a common ancestry. Availability of auto-disabled syringes and needles, empowerment of the local communities and effective regulatory practices across care settings would serve as important intervention measures in this context.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0243534","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,12,4]],"date-time":"2020-12-04T14:43:35Z","timestamp":1607093015000},"page":"e0243534","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.corrections_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Unsterile injection equipment associated with HIV outbreak and an extremely high prevalence of HCV\u2014A case-control investigation from Unnao, India"],"prefix":"10.1371","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Sandip","family":"Patil","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Amrita","family":"Rao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Preety","family":"Pathak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Swarali","family":"Kurle","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Arati","family":"Mane","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Amit","family":"Nirmalkar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"A. 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