Prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus, and hepatitis C virus in three groups of populations at high risk of HIV infection in Amritsar (Punjab), Northern India

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-81

  Jindal, Neerja ^a,b   Arora, Usha ^a   Singh, Kamaldeep ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFECTION RATE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SUPERINFECTION;

FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 40349113460     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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