The epidemic of HIV/AIDS in developing countries; The current scenario in Pakistan

Virology Journal

Volumn 8, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Yousaf, Muhammad Z ^a   Zia, Sadia ^a   Babar, Masroor E ^a   Ashfaq, Usman A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ATTITUDE TO AIDS; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DENTIST; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRIVER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; HAIRDRESSER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; IMMIGRANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INJECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MINER; PAKISTAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN; POVERTY; PRISONER; PROSTITUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPOUSE; STIGMA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; RISK FACTOR;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; PAKISTAN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80051588663     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-8-401     Document Type: Review

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