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- Title
A Prospective Study of HIV Positive Autopsies Conducted at Aniims, Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
- Authors
Channabasappa, Siddesh Revpla; Banik, Amit
- Abstract
Medical and Medico Legal deaths claim a substantial number of lives in Andaman & Nicobar Islands. During the 3-year-period from January 2016 to December 2018, 6 antibody HIV positive cases were autopsied at the Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology in ANIIMS, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The purposes of this study were to report the autopsy findings of anti-HIV positive individuals, and to identify the prevalence of specific factors such as gender, age, postmortem findings, cause and manner of death. The 61 anti-HIV positive individuals who died at G B Pant Hospital, Port Blair consisted of 35 males and 26 females. Here, 55 cases died from natural cause, 6 cases due to unnatural causes termed as medico legal death, which included 2 cases of accidents and 4 cases of suicide. All Medico legal cases underwent full autopsy with universal precautions. The prevalence of anti-HIV positive underlined the importance of awareness of HIV transmission in forensic casework. In conclusion, full autopsies should be performed regularly on HIV infected patients with due protective measures not only for medical research, but also for forensic study.
- Subjects
PORT Blair (India); ANDAMAN &; Nicobar Islands (India); NICOBAR Islands (India); CAUSES of death; AUTOPSY; FORENSIC medicine; HIV infection transmission; LONGITUDINAL method; MEDICAL research
- Publication
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, 2021, Vol 15, Issue 2, p1697
- ISSN
0973-9122
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.37506/ijfmt.v15i2.14582