HIV Testing in India

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 175-191

  Tripathy, Srikanth ^a   Pereira, Michael ^a   Tripathy, Sriram Prasad ^b  

^a NATIONAL AIDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

HIV surveillance; HIV testing; India; National AIDS Control Organization

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACCREDITATION; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALGORITHM; BLOOD BANK; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN SCREENING; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRENATAL CARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROSTITUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMICS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MASS SCREENING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84862638139     PISSN: 02722712     EISSN: 15579832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cll.2012.04.014     Document Type: Review

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