Tripura HIV cases are tip of the iceberg: Experts

The spike in HIV cases could have stemmed from injectable drug abuse among students

Even as the Government of Tripura issued a clarification on misleading reports of HIV cases in the state, health experts on Wednesday said that it "is just the tip of the iceberg." Earlier this month, a senior official from the Tripura AIDS Control Society (TSACS) claimed that 828 students tested HIV positive in Tripura and 47 of them died. The official stated that 572 of the students are still alive, while many also left the state.