Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 2

Post Mortem and the Risk of HIV Infection

  • Author:
  • Mukesh Kumar Bansal1, SK Naik2, Poonam Gupta3, Yashoda Rani4, BL Sherwal5,
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 63 to 67

1Post Graduate Student, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi

2Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi

3Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi

4Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi

5Director Professor, Department of Microbiology, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi

*Corresponding author: BL Sherwal, Director Professor, Department of Microbiology, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India. drblsherwal703@gmail.com, +919868168400

Online published on 11 August, 2014.

Abstract

The present study "Post Mortem and the risk of HIV infection" was conducted upon 200 randomly selected cases having known and unknown identities. (100 each) at the Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology and Department of Microbiology, Lady Hardinge Medical College from November 2011-March 2013. Out of 200 cases, 10 (5%) were positive for HIV by ELISA test. Positivity in known bodies was 2% compared to 8% in unknown bodies. Males outnumbered, with maximum prevalence in the Age group of 31–40 years (9.52%). Drug abuse was found in 1(14.28%) case in known bodies and in 8(10.12%) cases in unknown bodies. HIV infection could be detected by ELISA test from 12 hours till 7 days post-mortem.

Keywords

Claimed, Unclaimed Bodies, HIV, ELISA test