HIV-1-PREVALENCE IN FATALITIES FROM HAMBURG, GERMANY

Authors
LOCKEMANN U SCHULZSCHAEFFER W WISCHHUSEN F LAUFS R PUSCHEL K
Citation
U. Lockemann et al., HIV-1-PREVALENCE IN FATALITIES FROM HAMBURG, GERMANY, International journal of legal medicine, 106(1), 1993, pp. 11-13
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology
Journal title
International journal of legal medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
09379827
Volume
106
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
11 - 13
Database
ISI
SICI code
0937-9827(1993)106:1<11:HIFFHG>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
The HIV-status of 3999 fatalities (aged 1-60 years) examined at the In stitute of Forensic Medicine in Hamburg from 1989-1992 was tested. For mer predictions of an enormous increase of HIV-infections, especially in the risk group of IVDA (intravenous drug addicts), did not come tru e. HIV-screening of fatalities is an instructive additional method of gaining information about the epidemiological development of HIV-infec tions.