HIV seroprevalence among tuberculosis patients in India, 2006-2007

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Raizada, Neeraj ^a   Chauhan, Lakbir Singh ^b   Khera, Ajay ^c   Sokhey, Jotna ^c   Wares, D Fraser ^a   Sahu, Suvanand ^a   Thakur, Rahul ^a   Dewan, Puneet Kumar ^d  

^a Office of the WHO Representative to India   (India)

^b Central Tuberculosis Division   (India)

^c GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 51849105661     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002970     Document Type: Article

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