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Document 0675
DOCN M9460675
TI Seroprevalence of HIV in orthopaedic patients in Zimbabwe.
DT 9408
AU Cohen B; Piscioneri F; Candido FJ; Rankin KC; Mpilo Hospital, Bulawayo,
Zimbabwe.
SO J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1994 May;76(3):477-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/94230541
AB The prevalence of HIV infection in East Africa has increased rapidly in
recent years. We made a prospective study of the incidence of
HIV-seropositivity in patients undergoing orthopaedic procedures in a
large district hospital in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. One of our aims was to
determine whether a clinically-based screening programme, derived from
the Centre for Disease Control classification of HIV infection, could
identify high-risk individuals before surgery. During a 3-month period,
76 patients were tested, and 12 were HIV-positive (16%). Only two of
these patients (17%) had clinical features associated with HIV
infection; ten (83%) were entirely asymptomatic. Our results indicate
that preoperative clinical screening is unlikely to be successful in
identifying seropositive patients before routine surgery.
DE Adolescence Adult Female Human HIV Infections/*EPIDEMIOLOGY Male
Middle Age *Orthopedics Seroepidemiologic Methods
Zimbabwe/EPIDEMIOLOGY JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
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