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HIV infection among dental patients
N Lakshmi1, A G Kumar, S Subbarayudu
1Department of Microbiology, SV Medical College, Tirupati.
Journal of the Indian Medical Association
|March 4, 1999
Abstract:
Oral manifestations may be the important indicators of ongoing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Serum samples were collected from 100 patients repeatedly attending dental outpatients' department of SV Medical College and SVRR Hospital, Tirupati and tested for the presence of HIV antibodies. HIV 1 antibodies were detected in one person, the seropositivity rate being 1%.