Co-infection with hepatitis C virus and human immunodeficiency virus among patients with sexually transmitted diseases in Pondicherry, South India

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 495-497

  Bhaffacharya, S ^a   Badrinath, S ^a   Hamide, A ^a   Sujatha, S ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; HIV; Sex; Transmission

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; RNA POLYMERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 1142286657     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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