Publications
| syphilis serology and human immunodeficiency virus positivity in chandigarh. | aids and other sexually transmitted diseases are interlinked. vdrl positivity may indicate that the individual has an increased risk of being hiv positive as the epidemiological risk factors for developing syphilis and aids are similar. we analysed 323 (5.8%) vdrl positive serum samples (out of 5592 screened) for hiv positivity. all were hiv negative. while syphilitic infection in india at present is not commonly associated with hiv infection, experience in other countries indicates caution. | 1990 | 2094408 |
| aids in india: a report of three cases with review of literatures. | sera from 3500 individuals including patients of non-hodgkin's lymphoma, patients with sexually transmitted diseases, leprosy, jail inmates, healthy laboratory workers and patients on hemodialysis were screened for antibodies against human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) as a sero surveillance exercise of one of the centers set up by the india council of medical research at the postgraduate institute of medical education & research, candigarh. three individuals were found to be strongly positive by ... | 1988 | 3048289 |