Study of prevalence & correlation between HIV and syphilis among blood donors in a teaching hospital, Ludhiana, India

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 161-164

  Gupta, Nalini ^a,b   Kaur, Amarjit ^a  

^a DAYANAND MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Hero DMC Heart Institute   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; SYPHILIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; STATISTICS;

BLOOD DONORS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INDIA; PREVALENCE; SYPHILIS;

EID: 0038013039     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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