Early infant diagnosis: A new tool of HIV diagnosis in children

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-142

  Jain, Kamlesh Kumar ^a   Mahajan, Raj Kumar ^a   Shevkani, Manoj ^a   Kumar, Pradeep ^a  

^a New Mental Hospital Complex   (India)

Author keywords

Dried Blood spot; early infant diagnosis; hiv testing in children; whole blood sample

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052898547     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.84134     Document Type: Article

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