Open AccessIdentification of risk factors for human immunodeficiency virus-1 infection in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa population: A case control study
Author(s) -
Jamila Haider,
Ghosia Lutfullah,
Iqra Rehman,
Irfan Khattak
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
pakistan journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1682-024X
pISSN - 1681-715X
DOI - 10.12669/pjms.35.5.258
Subject(s) - medicine , khyber pakhtunkhwa , spouse , population , family history , blood transfusion , informed consent , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , demography , family medicine , environmental health , alternative medicine , pathology , socioeconomics , sociology , anthropology
The present study aims to identify the risk factors for Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1(HIV-1) infection in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) population by comparing HIV-antibody positive cases with HIV-antibody-negative controls.