The prevalence of HIV in the sudden, unexplained and unexpected death population at the Pretoria Medico-Legal Laboratory

Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine

 
 
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Title The prevalence of HIV in the sudden, unexplained and unexpected death population at the Pretoria Medico-Legal Laboratory
 
Creator Morris, Neil K. du Toit-Prinsloo, Lorraine Webber, Lynne Saayman, Gert
 
Subject Medical, Forensic Medicine, Virology. Sudden; Unexplained and unexpected death; Post mortem; HIV; Mortuary; Pretoria; South Africa
Description Purpose: To determine the prevalence of HIV in the sudden, unexplained and unexpected (SUU) death population admitted to the Pretoria Medico-Legal Laboratory.Methods: This study was conducted at the Pretoria Medico-Legal Laboratory. Blood samples were obtained from decedents who died suddenly and/or unexpectedly, during autopsy, by a forensic pathologist. Sample collection continued until 100 valid samples were analysed for HIV antibodies. The data collected included demographic details and case-related information.Results and Conclusion: SUU deaths accounted for 14% of all cases admitted to the Pretoria Medico-Legal Laboratory. The HIV prevalence in the SUU deaths was 43%, which is 17% higher than the general mortuary population in Pretoria ( p = 0.0045). The majority of these deaths were due to respiratory disease processes, with 12 cases having HIV/TB co-infection.Keywords: Sudden; Unexplained and unexpected death; Post mortem; HIV; Mortuary; Pretoria; South Africa
 
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Date 2016-05-31
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — —
Format text/html application/octet-stream text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/sajhivmed.v17i1.424
 
Source Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine; Vol 17, No 1 (2016); 5 pages 2078-6751 1608-9693
 
Language eng
 
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