HIV infection, HIV/HCV and HIV/HBV co-infections among jail inmates of Lahore

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 837-841

  Nafees, Muhammad ^a   Qasim, Akif ^b   Jafferi, Ghazala ^c   Anwar, Muhammad Saeed ^c   Muazzam, Muhammad ^d  

^a RASHID LATIF MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b JINNAH HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c SERVICES HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^d Chaudhary Rehmat Ali Trust Hospital   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

HIV; Inmates; Jails; Sero prevalence

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIXED INFECTION; PAKISTAN; PRISONER; SCREENING TEST; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 80052997038     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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