1Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Kakatiya Medical College, Rangampet, Warangal, Telangana-506007
2Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Kakatiya Medical College, Rangampet, Warangal, Telangana-506007
3Professor and HOD, Department of Microbiology, Kakatiya Medical College, Rangampet, Warangal, Telangana-506007
*Correspondence author: Dr. B. Venkata Naga Mohan Rao, Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Kakatiya Medical College, Nizampura, Warangal, Telangana-506007, Emal ID: drnagamohan@gmail.com
Online published on 31 May, 2016.
The concern about contracting an infectious disease during the course of an autopsy is great, a concern heightened when the devastating infections that could be transmitted are considered. The fear and concern, however, appear out of proportion to the actual incidence of such disease transmission. In our autopsy study, out of the total 125 blood samples tested, only 4 (3.2%) samples were found to be HIV seroreactive, over a period of two years. However more such studies will be needed in different regions of countries to find any significant Pattern or correlation.. The morbid anxiety about occupationally acquired HIV infection in the forensic practice has made mortuary workers unduly overcautious
Autopsy, HIV, AIDS, Postmortem
