High prevalence of HIV infection among women and their children in Henan Province, China [1]

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 649-650

  Zhuang, Ke ^a   Gui, Xien ^c   Su, Bo ^a   Tien, Po ^a   Chen, Zhiwei ^a,b   Zhang, Linqi ^a,b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CHINA; DRUG TRAFFIC; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LETTER; NEEDLE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; CHILD; CHINA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0041625735     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126334-200308150-00015     Document Type: Letter

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