HTLV-II Infection in Florida Indians

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 123-127

  Levine, Paul H ^a   Jacobson, Steven ^b   Elliott, Raymond ^c   Cavallero, Ann ^d   Colclough, Ginga ^d   Dorry, Connie ^c   Stephenson, Charles ^c   Knigge, Rose Marie ^c   Drummond, James ^e   Nishimura, Masataka ^b   Taylor, Maria E ^f   Wiktor, Stefan ^a   Shaw, George M ^f  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^c Seminole Indian Reservation ^*  (United States)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION;

FLORIDA; HTLV-II ANTIBODIES; HTLV-II INFECTIONS; HUMAN; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 2; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027467085     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: 19318405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.1993.9.123     Document Type: Article

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