AIDS Antibodies Screening Test in High-Risk Population of Southern Thailand: Preliminary Report

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AIDS antibodies high-risk population

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Sawanan Tharavanich
VD Center, Region 12, Songkla, Thailand
Verapol Chandeying
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkla, Thailand
Sonthit Sutthijumroon
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkla, Thailand
Somchai Tungphaisal
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Songkla, Thailand

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We screened the high-risk population with no clinical evidence of AIDS for HIV antibodies by ELISA during February to October 1988. Among 8,895 cases of the high-risk population in 7 provinces who volunteered for the study, 40 (0.45%) of them were initially positive by ELISA. Confirming by Western blot, 26 were positive and 14 negative. The prevalence of HIV infection in the high risk population of Southern Thai land was 26 (0.29%) of 8,895 cases. (Thai J Obstet Gynaecol 1989;1: 7-10)

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Tharavanich, S. .; Chandeying, V. .; Sutthijumroon, S. .; Tungphaisal, S. . AIDS Antibodies Screening Test in High-Risk Population of Southern Thailand: Preliminary Report. Thai J Obstet Gynaecol 1989, 1, 7-10.
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