TITLE

HIV epidemic in Punjab, India: Time trends over a decade

AUTHOR(S)
Sehgal, S.
PUB. DATE
September 1998
SOURCE
Bulletin of the World Health Organization;1998, Vol. 76 Issue 5, p509
SOURCE TYPE
Academic Journal
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Describes the time trends of HIV and AIDS in Punjab, India. Number of full-blown AIDS and HIV seropositives by July 1997 in India; Alleged decline of bloodborne HIV infection in Punjab in 1996; Factors which hasten the development of full-blown AIDS in India; Heterosexual spread of HIV.
ACCESSION #
1452155

Tags: HIV infections;  AIDS (Disease)

 

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