Seroprevalence of HIV infection among the patients attending various emergency departments in a tertiary care hospital

Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-29

  Devi, Pushpa ^a   Arora, Usha ^a   Yadav, Shalini ^a   Malhotra, Sita ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Emergency department; human immunodeficiency virus; rapid test; universal work precautions

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77956852216     PISSN: 02537184     EISSN: 19983816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7184.68997     Document Type: Article

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