Transvestites tested for HIV

Fri, 22 Dec 1995

BEKASI, West Java (JP): The Bekasi regency has had 250 prisoners and 350 prostitutes and transvestites tested for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) as part of its efforts to curb the spread of the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).

Regency spokesman Dahlan Suherman said yesterday the blood test results would be completed within the next three months. A medical laboratory in Bandung, West Java, is examining the blood.

The regency is curious to know whether HIV has spread in Bekasi because two years ago a prostitute thought to be suffering from AIDS escaped testing. (12/sur)

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