title: Sero-prevalence of HIV: six years' experience at Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore.
abstract: Sero-prevalence of HIV was tested among 16,170 individuals. They included 215 patients with sexually transmitted diseases (STD), 77 I/V drug users, 21 commercial sex workers, 987 patients on haemodialysis, 119 subjects referred for HIV testing, 12,482 voluntary blood donors, 360 ante-natal attenders, 73 tuberculosis patients, 674 Pakistanis travelling abroad and 1162 persons who had received multiple blood transfusions. Ten persons were seropositive (0.06%). All of them came from the 119 subjects, suspected to be suffering from AIDS. The predominant mode of transmission was heterosexual (50%), blood transfusion (30%), homosexual (10%) and vertical (10%). All cases acquired infection outside the country. Comparisons have been made with other national studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Pakistan Medical Research Council, Lahore.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Iqbal
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rehan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D015528:HIV Seroprevalence; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects; D012307:Risk Factors; D011477:Sex Work; D019529:Sexuality; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications; D065227:Transfusion Reaction