| rapid spread of hiv among injecting drug users in north-eastern states of india. | manipur, a north-eastern state of india bordering myanmar, has experienced very rapid transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) among its vast drug-injecting population. seroprevalence among intravenous drug users increased from 0 per cent in september 1989 to 50 per cent within six months. with a minimum injecting population of 15,000 and seropositivity of over 50 per cent, the infection quickly spread to the population at large. one per cent of antenatal mothers tested seropositiv ... | 1993 | 8305909 |
| a constitution for aids. | the indian health organization projected the number of deaths per day due to aids by the year 2000 at 10,000. an interdisciplinary international conference was held in new delhi to draft an international law governing the issues related to aids. human freedom and public health policies are the most affected by this disease. in the absence of an international aids law, judicial verdicts set precedents and could have serious ramifications. a participant from the john marshall law school, chica ... | 1996 | 12179199 |
| aids and society. | noting the hysteria caused by an outbreak of aids among intravenous drug users in the state of manipur, india, the author discusses the social and emotional aspects of the epidemic. local media has been manipur's main source of information concerning the outbreak, but this information has often been misleading and has served to stir up fear and hatred of hiv carriers. many have even begun talking about an isolation centre. the author, the director of a drug rehabilitation center, relates his ... | 1991 | 12284228 |
| shifts in drug-taking threaten asia. | infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) is spreading rapidly among injection drug users (idus), particularly in countries of the golden triangle where myanmar (burma), thailand, and laos converge and the pure heroin china white is refined. thailand, myanmar, hong kong, malaysia, singapore, the southern provinces of china, and the northeastern states of mizoram, manipur and nagaland in india are affected. infection has reached 50% and more in some groups of idus in these countries ... | 1992 | 12317433 |
| prevalence of hiv infection and aids symptomatology in malnourished children--a hospital based study. | one hundred and seventy five malnourished children aged between 1(1/2) and 12 years attending pediatric department of regional institute of medical sciences hospital, imphal from january 2001 to june 2002 were screened for human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection along with their biological mothers after pretest counselling and informed consent. the prevalence rate of hiv seropositivity among malnourished children was 21.7%. children aged between 1(1/2) and 3 years had the highest seropreval ... | 2004 | 16295686 |
| molecular characterization of tat gene and long terminal repeat region of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 detected among the injecting drug users (idus) of manipur, india: identification of bc recombinants. | the tat gene of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (hiv-1) is responsible for the initiation and elongation of viral transcription through the ltr (long terminal repeat) transactivation process. our study included structural and functional analyses of the tat gene and ltr region of 35 injecting drug users (idus) from manipur (a north-eastern state in india and a potential source of hiv-1 recombinants) in order to search for the recombinants and variation in the transactivation process if any du ... | 2010 | 19896991 |