Frequency of HIV type 2 infections among blood donor population from India: A 10-year experience

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 111-113

  Kannangai, R ^a   Nair, S C ^a   Sridharan, G ^a   Prasannakumar, S ^a   Daniel, D ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Blood donors; HIV 2; India; Nucleic acid testing

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2 INFECTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; SEROLOGY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VIRUS DETECTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 77951706326     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 19983646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.62485     Document Type: Article

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