Anonymous unlinked testing as a sentinel approach: Experience in Germany

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 52, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Siedler, A ^a   Hamouda, O ^a   Schwartlander B ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RATE; LABORATORY TEST; MATERNAL DISEASE; NEWBORN SCREENING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; RURAL AREA; SCREENING TEST; SEROPREVALENCE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; PREGNANCY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 0031786169     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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