Abstract
The present study Post Mortem and the risk of HIV 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.
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