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AIDS Research and Treatment
Volume 2011, Article ID 650321, 7 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/650321
Research Article

Prevalence and Risk Factors of HIV Infection among Clients Attending ICTCs in Six Districts of Tamilnadu, South India

Rajeswari Ramachandran,1 V. Chandrasekaran,1 M. Muniyandi,1 K. Jaggarajamma,1 Anasua Bagchi,2 and Supriya Sahu2

1Tuberculosis Research Centre, Indian Council of Medical Research, Chennai 600 031, India
2Tamilnadu State AIDS Control Society, Health and Family Welfare Department, Chennai 600 008, India

Received 22 January 2011; Accepted 15 May 2011

Academic Editor: Guido Poli

Copyright © 2011 Rajeswari Ramachandran et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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