| psycho-social aspects of hiv infection and aids in multiple transfused thalassemic children. | two hundred and three multi-transfused children with thalassemia attending the thalassemia clinic of the charak palika hospital, new delhi were screened for human immuno-deficiency virus (hiv) antibodies by elisa test. all positive cases were confirmed by the western blot test. of the 203 children screened, 17 (8.37%) were hiv seropositive and the other 3 children referred to the aiims were from neighbouring states. these children were compared with 20 age matched hiv negative thalassemics as co ... | 1992 | 1452260 |
| low prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (hiv-1) infection in population attending a major hospital in new delhi, india. | during 4 year period between april 1990 and march 1994, 4120 specimens from the patients attending out patient departments of medical, surgical and antenatal units of a major city hospital were tested for hiv infection as a part of an on-going sentinel surveillance programme. in addition, 1440 specimens from the patients attending std clinic of the same hospital and 862 females seeking termination of pregnancy from a near by hospital were included for comparison. it was found that only 3 individ ... | 1996 | 8778180 |
| hiv-2 prevalence in uttar pradesh. | serum samples collected since 1989 with various patterns of reactivity for human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)-1, on the basis of screening elisa and confirmatory western blot (wb) test, were subjected to the detection of hiv-2 infection based on screening dot immunoassay and confirmatory wb for hiv-2. significant prevalence of hiv-2 infection was (37.03%) among sera reactive for hiv-1 by elisa but indeterminate by western blot, compared with sera reactive for hiv-1 by elisa and wb (3.29%) or neg ... | 1996 | 9062036 |
| analysis of quality assurance programmes for hiv screening in blood transfusion centres in delhi. | the safety of blood transfusion has attained tremendous importance because of the problems posed by acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) and other transfusion-transmissible diseases. while performing screening tests for human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) antibodies in donated blood is indispensable, it is also essential to introduce an effective quality assurance programme covering inspection of specimens, review of record-keeping, maintenance of equipment, and verification of results. we c ... | 1997 | 9277009 |
| hiv / aids: not just a matter of statistics. the international conference on aids - law and humanity culminates into "new delhi declaration and action plan on aids". | the indian ministry of health and family welfare and the indian law institute with the cooperation of undp, the world health organization (who), and other national and international groups organized the international conference on aids--law and humanity, held during december 6-10, 1995, in new delhi, india. the leading speakers focused on the need for a united approach to the hiv/aids-related legal issues, which would protect society against the spread of hiv infection and respect the dignity a ... | 1996 | 12347022 |
| risk factors of herpes simplex virus type 2 among std clinic attenders in delhi, india. | the present study was conducted to determine the seroprevalence and risk factors associated with hsv-2 infection among sexually transmitted diseases (std) clinic attenders of delhi in india. out of 128 patients included, 76 were males and 52 were females. antibodies to hsv 1 and 2 and hiv infection were determined by elisa. syphilis seropositivity was determined by vdrl test and confirm by tpha test. ulcer scrapping were stained by giemsa for herpes progenitalis and donovan bodies and grams for ... | 2006 | 17913210 |
| modern and ancestral genotypes of mycobacterium tuberculosis from andhra pradesh, india. | traditionally, the distribution of the mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypes in india has been characterized by widespread prevalence of ancestral lineages (tbd1+ strains and variants) in the south and the modern forms (tbd1(-) cas and variants) predominating in the north of india. the pattern was, however, not clearly known in the south-central region such as hyderabad and the rest of the state of andhra pradesh where the prevalence of both tuberculosis (tb) and human immunodeficiency virus (hiv ... | 2011 | 22114678 |