Seroepidemiological study of retroviruses (HTLV-I/II, HIV-1, HIV-2) in the department of Atacora, Northern Benin

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 205-209

  Houinato, D ^a,b   Verdier, M ^c   Josse, R ^d   Zohoun, T ^b,d   Letenneur, L ^e   Salamon, R ^e   Denis, F ^c   Preux, P M ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^c DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Dir Natl de la Protect Sanitaire   (Benin)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^f FR 3503 GEIST EA 1069 Laboratoire de Chimie des Substances Naturelles GDR CNRS 3049 Faculte de Ph   (France)

Author keywords

Benin; HIV 1; HIV 2; HTLV I II; Retrovirus; Seroprevalence; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY;

HTLV; HTLV I; HTLV II; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 2; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0029927977     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.1996.tb00027.x     Document Type: Article

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