Document 2335
 DOCN  M94A2335
 TI    A commercial laboratory-based survey of anti-HIV seroprevalence in
       northern Tokyo metropolitan area.
 DT    9412
 AU    Sugimoto K; Kihara M; Kihara M; Imai M; Ichikawa S; Soda K; Dept of Clin
       Exam, Kotohbiken Med Lab, Iwaki, Japan.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):328 (abstract no. PC0246). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370240
 AB    OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the usefulness of the HIV-related informations at
       a commertial laboratory in view of HIV epidemiology. METHODS: Number of
       anti-HIV tests, number of anti-HIV positive cases by screening test(EIA)
       and/or confirmatory diagnosis (Western blot, WB) during '88-'93 were
       surveyed at a commertial laboratory located in the northern Tokyo
       metropolitan area. RESULTS: Order for EIA test has started to increase
       in the latter half of '91 and continued so thereafter. Number of
       anti-HIV positive cases by EIA jumped from '90 to '91 particularly in
       female*, further increased in '92 however dropped in '93. Proportion of
       EIA-positive cases, remained below 0.10% during '88-'90, increased to
       around 0.50% in '92 then decreased to 0.24% in '93. It was revealed that
       orders for WB among screening test positive cases declined gradually
       from 74% in '90 to 40% in '93. TABULAR DATA, SEE ABSTRACT VOLUME.
       DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: Well corresponding to the recent findings in
       the HIV/AIDS Surveillance of Japan, commertial lab-based data appeared
       useful to reinforce the observation by the Surveillance. Comparison of
       the data between multiple laboratories would be useful in view of
       regional epidemiology of HIV.
 DE    AIDS Serodiagnosis/*STATISTICS & NUMER DATA  Blotting, Western
       Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay  Female  Human  HIV
       Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY  HIV Seroprevalence/*TRENDS  Male  *Mass
       Screening  *Population Surveillance  Sex Ratio  Tokyo/EPIDEMIOLOGY
       Urban Population/*STATISTICS & NUMER DATA  MEETING ABSTRACT

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