XI'AN: A man from Shaanxi province is suing three health centers for erroneously diagnosing him as HIV-positive, court authorities confirmed yesterday.

Feng Zhanqiang, 33, is seeking 140,000 yuan ($20,000) in compensation, said a spokesman with the Beilin district court in the provincial capital Xi'an.

The defendants included the Shaanxi provincial disease prevention and control center (DPCC), and the local DPCCs of Xi'an and the city's Yanta district, he said.