HIV infection in Asian Indian patients with haemophilia & those who had multiple transfusions.
A total of 124 Indian patients with haemophilia and 185 multiple transfused patients with thalassaemia, haemoglobinopathies, patients on chronic haemodialysis and others were screened for HIV-1 infection by a commercially available competitive ELISA test and supplementary Western Blot (WB) test. The results showed that HIV-1 infection was mostly confined to the haemophiliacs where 15 (12.1%) were confirmed to be positive for HIV infection. All except one had received both foreign and Indian cryoprecipitate. However, one haemophilic seroconverted within 4 months of receiving a cryoprecipitate manufactured in India.
Singh
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Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
Bhargava
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M
Malaviya
A N
AN
Tripathy
S P
SP
Kakkar
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A
Khare
S D
SD
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D002648:Child; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000097:blood; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006679:HIV Seropositivity; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology*; D006467:Hemophilia A / Q000150:complications*; D002836:Hemophilia B / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D015483:HIV Antibodies