Efficacy of HIV PCR techniques to diagnose HIV in infants born to HIV infected mothers - An Indian perspective

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 54, Issue MAR., 2006, Pages 197-199

  Shah, Ira ^a  

^a B J WADIA HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

BLOOD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFANT; MOTHER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS LOAD;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DNA, VIRAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MOTHERS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 33645144409     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: 00045772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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