Document 0686
 DOCN  M9620686
 TI    [A survey on HIV and HV infection of heroin addicts in Linchang and
       Kunming]
 DT    9602
 AU    Tang B; Tong L; Yan Q; First Affiliated Hospital, Kunming Medical
       College.
 SO    Chung Hua Yu Fang I Hsueh Tsa Chih. 1995 Jul;29(4):228-30. Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96041548
 AB    Serum samples were collected from 353 heroin addicts in Linchang
       Prefecture and Kunming Area, Yunnan Province for detecting anti-HIV with
       ELISA and Western Blot, and 319 of them also for detecting various
       infection markers of hepatitis A, B, C and D with ELISA. Results showed
       no anti-HIV was found among them, overall infection prevalence rate of
       hepatitis A, B, C and D was 78.11%, 72.73% for males and 90.91% for
       females, and 1.57%, 63.97%, 51.85% and 5.79% positive rates for
       anti-HAV-IgM, HBV markers, anti-HCV and HDAg and/or anti-HD-IgM,
       respectively. Prevalence of mixed infection with different types of
       hepatitis was 40.07%, and 35.35% for mixed HBV and HCV. Infection rate
       of hepatitis B and C in Kunming Area was significantly higher than that
       in Linchang Prefecture, and so did in Han nationality than in other
       minority nationalities. It suggests hepatitis viruses infection is
       caused by drug abuse, use of non-sterilizing syringes with others.
 DE    Adolescence  Adult  China/EPIDEMIOLOGY  English Abstract  Female
       Hepatitis, Viral, Human/*EPIDEMIOLOGY  Heroin Dependence/*COMPLICATIONS
       Human  HIV Antibodies/BLOOD  *HIV Seroprevalence  Male  Prevalence
       JOURNAL ARTICLE

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