Table 2.

Percutaneous or mucosal exposures to blood or other body fluids during student’s elective period

Medical student	Country visited	Estimated prevalence (%) of HIV in adults	First aid applied immediately	Incident reported	HIV status of patient known	Zidovudine taken after exposure
1	South Africa	13	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2	Nigeria	4	Yes	No	Yes	No
3	Sri Lanka	0.1	Yes	No	No	No
4	Kenya	12	Yes	No	No	No