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Unlinked surveillance of the prevalence of HIV infection in antenatal patients in the west Midlands, England

✍ Scribed by F. Ala; Jane Smillie; G. Nicholson; D. Gough; R. Duddin; G. Knox

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1991
Tongue
English
Weight
298 KB
Volume
34
Category
Article
ISSN
0146-6615

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

In the course of an unlinked, anonymous survey of anti‐HIV seroprevalence among antenatal patients in the West Midlands, carried out between November 1986 and March 1990, seven out of 202,012 patient samples were anti‐HIV seropositive.

Although the numbers of women infected by heterosexual contact are still low in this region, it is likely that HIV infection is no longer limited to well‐defined, male risk groups. It is therefore increasingly important to monitor the course of the epidemic through large‐scale unbiased surveys of the heterosexual population in order to plan future preventive and health‐care strategies.

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