Community prevalence of antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus in rural and urban Vellore, Tamil Nadu

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-17

  Kang, Gagandeep ^a   Samuel, Reuben ^a   Vijayakumar, T S ^a   Selvi, S ^a   Sridharan, G ^a   Brown, David ^b   Wanke, Christine ^c  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; RUBELLA ANTIBODY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHI SQUARE TEST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 17144383559     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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