Cross border HIV epidemic among injecting drug users of Himalayan West Bengal

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 373-374

  Sarkar, Kamalesh ^a   Bal, Baisali ^a   Mukherjee, Rita ^a   Niyogi, Swapan Kumar ^a   Saha, Malay Kumar ^a   Bhattacharya, Sujit Kumar ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

Cross border; Drug trafficking; HIV; Injecting drug users (IDUs); Risk behaviour

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SAMPLING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LETTER; SAMPLE SIZE; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; NEPAL; RISK-TAKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 18844445400     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-005-0372-9     Document Type: Letter

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