Epidemiologic study of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection in the patients referred to health centers in Hamadan Province, Iran

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 277-283

  Ghannad, Masoud Sabouri ^a,c   Arab, Seyedeh Maryam ^a   Mirzaei, Mohammad ^a   Moinipur, Alireza ^b  

^a HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences Besat Hospital   (Iran)

^c HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AGE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URBAN POPULATION;

AGE FACTORS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IRAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 65449127889     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2008.0143     Document Type: Article

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