Document 0115
 DOCN  M9580115
 TI    HIV epidemic in Punjab.
 DT    9506
 AU    Sehgal S; Department of Immunopathology, Postgraduate Institute of
       Medical; Education & Research, Chandigarh.
 SO    Indian J Med Res. 1995 Feb;101:47-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/95247219
 AB    A total of 58890 subjects were screened for HIV infection between June
       1987 to December 1992. Out of these, 42776 were blood donors and only 9
       were positive for HIV by ELISA; 2749 were foreign students and 35 were
       confirmed positive both by ELISA and Western blot. Out of the remaining
       high risk subjects, 141 of 13365 were confirmed to be HIV positive with
       a cumulative positivity rate of 10.5 per thousand. Out of the 141
       confirmed sero positives, 47 had full blown disease and 25 were dead by
       the time of compilation of data. Thirty seven i.e., 24.6 per cent had
       acquired infection through unscreened blood/products/haemodialysis. Thus
       Punjab has shown a steady rise of HIV infection over the last five years
       and the incidence of blood borne infection is very high.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION
       Adolescence  Adult  Female  Human  HIV
       Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  *HIV-1  Incidence
       India/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Male  Support, Non-U.S. Gov't  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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