| seroprevalence of hiv antibodies, australia antigen and vdrl reactivity in himachal pradesh. | 3000 subjects from four high risk groups--patients attending std clinics, hospital personnel, blood donors and foreign nationals were screened for the presence of hiv antibodies hbsag and vdrl reactivity. no evidence of hiv infection was found in himachiali population. however, there of the 150 foreign nationals screened were found positive for hiv antibodies. overall hbsag positivity and vdrl reactivity was found to be 5.53 per cent and 9.07 per cent respectively. the importance of circumspecte ... | 1991 | 1819555 |
| incidence of australia antigen (hbs ag) in himachal pradesh. | 2405 high risk subjects (1193 patients attending std clinics, 1012 blood donors and 200 hospital personnel) and 500 apparently healthy individuals representing all the twelve districts of the state of himachal pradesh were screened for hbs ag employing reverse passive haemagglutination (rpha) technique. hbs ag positivity was found to be 6.77 per cent in test groups and 3.6 per cent in the control group. maximum positivity was found in std patients (9.55 per cent) followed by hospital personnel ( ... | 1990 | 2098421 |
| prevalence of hbv and hcv infection among health care workers (hcws). | hepatitis b virus along with hepatitis c virus infection form a major cause of morbidity and mortality. in order to know the present status in indira gandhi medical college, shimla, a total of 400 samples were screened from feb'98 to jan'99. two hundred samples from hcws and the same number of samples from the apparently healthy population which served as the control group were collected. they were screened for the presence of hepatitis b surface antigen (hbsag) and anti-hcv antibodies by the th ... | 2000 | 11407011 |