AIDS IN JAMMU An Epidemiological Profile.

ABSTRACT

HIV seropositivity. in blood samples collected from AIDS suspect cases (ASC) and the anonymous unlinked high risk groups, was assessed by using two or three screening tests based on different principles for confirmation of the results. The HIV seropositivity was found to be high (9.4%) in the AIDS suspect cases and 0.9% in the unlinked anonymous high risk group of patients attending STD clinic, District Hospital, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu.