Document 2349
 DOCN  M94A2349
 TI    Surveillance methods for HIV and STDs.
 DT    9412
 AU    Kantharaj K; Usman; Ganesh; Usha; State AIDS Cell, Madras, India.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):324 (abstract no. PC0229). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370226
 AB    OBJECT: To find out the percentage of HIV among the attenders of STD
       Clinics by surveillance METHOD: The present study is unlinked ananimous.
       The study is conducted over the STD Clinic attenders who belong to the
       high risk group in two major hospitals in different areas of the State.
       Either 400 attenders or the number of attenders seen in 6 weeks duration
       has been taken for the study. Both the male and the female classified
       under 20 years and above 20 years are tested for HIV in Sera Elisa test
       has used for this purpose. Duration of the study was between 6-8-93 to
       11-9-93. OUTCOME: On the rural based hospital the percentage was 5.4 &
       in the urban based hospital the percentage was 2.2 CONCLUSION: 1. Risk
       factor is more in rural than in the urban, contrary to the belief the
       HIV incident is more in the urban. 2. Over all 3.4% of HIV among STD
       attenders who belongs to High Risk Behaviours cause a great concern for
       the AIDS Control Programme Officers of the State which is known for its
       conservations and cultural heritage.
 DE    Adolescence  Adult  *Developing Countries  Female  Human  HIV
       Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  India/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Male  Middle
       Age  *Population Surveillance  Risk Factors  Rural
       Population/*STATISTICS & NUMER DATA  Sexually Transmitted
       Diseases/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  Urban Population/*STATISTICS &
       NUMER DATA  MEETING ABSTRACT

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