HIV prevalence among persons suspected of tuberculosis: Policy implications for India

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Naik, Balaji ^a   Kumar, Ajay ^a,b   Lal, Kumaraswamy ^b   Doddamani, Sangamesh ^b   Krishnappa, Mohan ^b   Inamdar, Vikas ^b   Satyanarayana, Srinath ^b,c   Gupta, Devesh ^b   Dewan, Puneet Kumar ^a  

^a Representative to India   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

^c International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease The Union   (India)

Author keywords

HIV testing; India; TB suspects; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84859759170     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e318245c9df     Document Type: Article

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