Sexually-transmitted disease (STD) markers in multitransfused children in relation to human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) infection: Impact of STD markers in blood donors

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 178-181

  Chattopadhya, D ^a   Aggarwal, R ^a   Prakash, C ^a   Sen, S ^b   Kumari, S ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (India)

^b Charak Palika Hospital   (India)

^c WHO   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS B; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0030878991     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/43.3.178     Document Type: Article

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