Document 2496
 DOCN  M94A2496
 TI    Seroepidemiology of HIV infection in Calcutta.
 DT    9412
 AU    Chakrabarty MS; Dey PN; Paul S; Chakrabarti T; Virology Department,
       School of Tropical Medicine, Calcutta.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):290 (abstract no. PC0083). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370079
 AB    OBJECTIVE: To ascertain the emerging trends of HIV infection in
       Calcutta. METHODS: Cases: Samples from peoples having risk factors,
       blood donors both professional and voluntary as a part of sentinel
       surveillance. Sampling: Community based random sampling method were
       followed to investigate Calcutta prostitute and Vis-a-Vis random samples
       were collected from antenatal clinic and various O.P.D. clinics of city
       hospitals having no apparent risk factors for HIV transmission. The test
       serum were subjected for various ELISA and Blot system to establish the
       HIV infection. RESULTS: TABULAR DATA, SEE ABSTRACT VOLUME. DISCUSSION
       AND CONCLUSIONS: The increasing trends of HIV infections was noted in
       the sex workers of Calcutta followed by professional blood donors and in
       all categories of people having risk factors of HIV transmission in the
       city of Calcutta having a population of 1.68 million. The details will
       be presented in the scientific session of the conference.
 DE    Blotting, Western  Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay  Human  HIV
       Infections/DIAGNOSIS/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  India/EPIDEMIOLOGY
       Risk Factors  Seroepidemiologic Methods  MEETING ABSTRACT

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