[AIDS surveillance in Yunnan Province in China (1986-1990)]

We have carried out surveillance on HIV/AIDS in Yunnan Province since 1986. Up to 1990 total of 13,417 people has been surveyed and 373 HIV-positives were found in five area of whom two AIDS cases were reported to GPA WHO. The persons with HIV were attribute to intravenous drug users (IVDUs) and their wives, most of them came from IVDUs of Dehong Dai Race and Jingpo Race Automous Region Located in the border between China and Burma. No positive has been found in prostitutes, STD patients and blood donors.