HIV seroprevalence in severely malnourished children in Aligarh (North India)

Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-38

  Ali, S Manazir ^a   Zaidi, S Javed Hasan ^a   Shahab, Tabassum ^a   Malik, Abida ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

HIV; India; Malnourished children; Protein energy malnutrition

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INDIAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 67749143842     PISSN: 13057707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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