Dried blood spots are an acceptable and useful HIV surveillance tool in a remote developing world setting

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 658-661

  Solomon, S S ^a   Pulimi, S ^a   Rodriguez, I I ^b   Chaguturu, S K ^b   Kumar, S K Satish ^a   Mayer, K H ^b   Solomon, Suniti ^a  

^a YRG CENTRE FOR AIDS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION   (India)

^b MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dried blood spots; HIV; India; Seroprevalence; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONDYLOMA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 4944228191     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462041944402     Document Type: Article

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