John T J, Bhushan N, Babu P G, Seshadri L, Balasubramanium N, Jasper P
Department of Microbiology, National AIDS Reference & Surveillance Centre, Vellore.
Indian J Med Res. 1993 Nov;97:227-30.
All pregnant women attending the antenatal clinic of a large hospital in Vellore, India (Christian Medical College Hospital) were screened for HIV infection between October 1987 and June 1992. A total of 36,953 blood samples were thus screened and 20 infected women were identified. Among these 18 women had acquired HIV infection from their husbands, who were also detected to be HIV infected. While these 18 women were monogamous, all the husbands had multiple sex partners. Two of the 20 women in this series were commercial sex workers. Among the 20, 17 (85%) women belonged to low socio-economic status, while three were from well-to-do families, with the husbands being businessmen or teachers. As the overall prevalence (0.054%) of HIV infection among pregnant women was relatively high and equal to or higher than many States in the USA and in areas outside London in the UK, the authors recommend that strict universal precautions be instituted in all obstetric practice in India.
1987年10月至1992年6月期间，对印度韦洛尔一家大型医院（基督教医学院医院）产前诊所的所有孕妇进行了HIV感染筛查。共筛查了36953份血样，确定了20名感染妇女。在这20名妇女中，有18名从其丈夫那里感染了HIV，她们的丈夫也被检测出感染了HIV。虽然这18名妇女实行一夫一妻制，但所有丈夫都有多个性伴侣。该系列中的20名妇女中有两名是商业性工作者。在这20名妇女中，17名（85%）属于社会经济地位较低的群体，另外三名来自富裕家庭，其丈夫是商人或教师。由于孕妇中HIV感染的总体患病率（0.054%）相对较高，等于或高于美国的许多州以及英国伦敦以外的地区，作者建议在印度所有产科实践中采取严格的普遍预防措施。
