Seroprevalence of HIV in pregnant women in North India: A tertiary care hospital based study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Gupta, Swati ^a   Gupta, Richa ^a   Singh, Sarman ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; SEROPREVALENCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREND STUDY; AGE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INDIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 38349050405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-7-133     Document Type: Article

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