Prevalence of HIV & VDRL seropositivity in blood donors of Delhi

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 234-236

  Singh, Bharat ^a   Verma, Monika ^a,b   Kotru, Mrinalini ^a,b   Verma, Karttikaye ^a   Batra, Madhu ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Department of Orthopaedics ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Blood donors; HIV infection; Prevalence; Replacement donors; VDRL reactivity; Voluntary donors

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SCREENING TEST; SERODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST; VOLUNTEER;

BLOOD DONORS; CARDIOLIPINS; CHOLESTEROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; INDIA; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 27844546615     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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