Temporal and geographical trends of anti-HIV-1 antibodies screening among newborns in Italy, 1990-1993

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-68

  Ippolito, Giuseppe ^a   Stegagno, Michele ^b   Girardi, Enrico ^a   Costa, Francesco ^c   Ravà, Lucilla ^a   Aebischer, Maria L ^c   Guzzanti, Elio ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c Ctrl Lab of the Italian Red Cross   (Italy)

^d BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood spots; Childbearing women; HIV; Newborns; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 0029866489     PISSN: 10779450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199605010-00009     Document Type: Article

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