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| Year : 1995 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 116-8 |
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A cross-sectional seroprevalence survey for HIV-1 and high risk sexual behaviour of seropositives in a prison in India.
M Sundar, KK Ravikumar, MK Sudarshan
Department of Community Medicine, Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), Bangalore
Correspondence Address:
M Sundar
Department of Community Medicine, Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), Bangalore
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PMID: 8690491 
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This study was conducted to know whether prisoners constitute a "high risk group" for HIV transmission in India today. A sero-epidemiological period prevalence survey was conducted in Central Prison, Bangalore, South India covering 1007 undertrials and 107 permanent convicts during January to December 1993. Twenty (1.98%) undertrials and none of the permanent convicts were seropositive for HIV infection. All of them were males and 1.6(80%) of them were in the age group of 20-30 years. Low literacy, poor income, sexual promiscuity and low condom usage were observed among the seropositives. Thus, prisoners constitute a high risk group and routine screening and counselling are recommended. |
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