HIV prevalence in suspects attending Sir Sunder Lal Hospital

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-73

  Singh, Ajay ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

AIDS; Antibiotic therapy; Awareness; Biological characteristic; Blood sample; Blood transfusion; Heterosexual; HIV; HIV infection; HIV prevalence; Migrant; Migration; Multiple sexual contacts; Needle exposure; Reproductive; Seropositivity; Sexual contact; Transimission

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; SEXUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952367299     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(11)60071-3     Document Type: Article

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