Das Bibhu R, Khadapkar Rashmi, Giganti Mark, Sahni Sumedha, Shankarappa Raj
SRL Ranbaxy Clinical Reference Laboratories Ltd., Mumbai, 400 093, India.
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2006 Nov;22(11):1067-73. doi: 10.1089/aid.2006.22.1067.
India has a large population of HIV-infected individuals, but the amount of information available about this population is small and not commensurate with the population's size. Here, we report the age and sex for 11,925 individuals tested for HIV infection in a nongovernmental setting over a 36-month period. The samples were derived from 161 sites located in different parts of the country and the odds of HIV infection among males was 2.27 times that for females. Of the samples from males and females tested, 50 and 65%, respectively, were in the 16-35 year age group. Of the seropositive samples excluding less than 1 year of age, 92% were in the 16-50 year age group. Analysis of this testing data provides limited but valuable information on the HIV epidemic in India.
印度有大量的艾滋病毒感染者，但有关这一人群的可用信息却很少，且与该人群规模不相称。在此，我们报告了在36个月期间于非政府环境中接受艾滋病毒感染检测的11925人的年龄和性别情况。样本来自该国不同地区的161个地点，男性感染艾滋病毒的几率是女性的2.27倍。在接受检测的男性和女性样本中，分别有50%和65%的人年龄在16至35岁之间。在排除小于1岁的血清阳性样本中，92%的人年龄在16至50岁之间。对这些检测数据的分析为印度的艾滋病毒疫情提供了有限但有价值的信息。
