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A View Of Hiv--Infection In Karachi, Naila Kayani, Aamir Sheikh, Asif Khan, Chhotoobhai Mithani, Mohammad Khurshid
A View Of Hiv--Infection In Karachi, Naila Kayani, Aamir Sheikh, Asif Khan, Chhotoobhai Mithani, Mohammad Khurshid
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
A prospective study on the prevalence of HIV-l infection in Karachi, Pakistan was conducted over a period of six years (1986-1992). Over 15,000 individualsamples and more than 32,000 donor units of individuals residing in Karachi at the time of sample co llection were tested for HIV-I infection by our screening test EIA which revealed a positivity rate of 0.23% and 0.003% in individual and donor units respectively by Western Blot. We divided patients into four groups A,B,C and D based on the most plausible cause of transmission. The largest number of positive patients belonged to group B, who were of …