Document 3110
 DOCN  M94A3110
 TI    HIV 1 and HIV 2 in commercial blood donors of Gujarat. An
       epidemiological study.
 DT    9412
 AU    Bhattacharya RD; Khatri F; GAP, SIRMCE, B/02, Siddha Chakra Apt.
       Ahmedabad, India.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):151 (abstract no. PB0029). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94369465
 AB    OBJECTIVES: To evaluate HIV 1 and HIV 2 infection trend in commercial
       Blood Donors of Gujarat. METHODS: 4 times per year, blood samples were
       collected from CBDs. The project is running since last 4 years. Each
       sample has been collected with pre-test counselling. 535 forms on KAP
       study have been evaluated. RESULTS: Since 1991, 535 CBDs have registered
       themselves with GAP, whose blood samples have been regularly tested for
       HIV at every 3 months interval. Karpas test kits has been used for
       screening and reconfirmation of the positive samples were done by ELISA
       test. 37 samples were found HIV positive, amongst these 4 were HIV 2
       positive and 2 gave the positive reaction to both HIV 1 and 2. All the
       persons revealed their seropositivity at the first time when they came
       for the test excepting one. This person denied the sexual encounter
       earlier or in between the period. From the 37 seropositives, 20 admitted
       that they had visited CSW but rest 17 denied such encounter. CONCLUSION:
       None of the HIV 2 positives have ever visited CSW and all of them are of
       Blood Group A. The question is whether HIV 2 transmission is more
       potential through unsterilized equipments? Two person showed both
       positive reaction for HIV 1 and 2. It is to be recognised that HIV 2 has
       already been seen in the community of blood donors in India and if it is
       true that the blood donors did not visit the CSW yet they are positive,
       then the infection might have spread to them through the unsterilized
       equipments used at the blood tapping centres. And based on this the
       percentage of such infection rate is around 45%.
 DE    *Blood Donors  Human  HIV Seropositivity/*EPIDEMIOLOGY  *HIV-1  *HIV-2
       India/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Registries  MEETING ABSTRACT

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