HIV infection and AIDS in NWFP Pakistan

ABSTRACT

A total of 4148 individuals were screened for HIV at HIV screening centre Postgraduate Medical Institute, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar from August 1989 till the end of 1990. Among them 3860 were blood donors. All of them were HIV negative. None of the suspected immunodeficient patients were HIV reactive. Those who were coming from aboard, 10 out of 21 individuals were HIV positive. Among the HIV positive, one was Canadian, the rest were Pakistanis with only one female