HIV-2 status in southern India

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 30-31

  Kannangai, R ^a   Ramalingam, S ^a   Castillo, R C ^b   Babu, P G ^a   John, T J ^a   Sridharan, G ^a   Schwartz, D H ^b  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Human immunodeficiency virus type 2; India; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

CROSS REACTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SHORT SURVEY;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2;

EID: 0032975511     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90168-2     Document Type: Article

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