HTLV-I infection in the free state region of South Africa: A sero-epidemiologic study

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 65-68

  Van Der Ryst, E ^a,b   Joubert, G ^a   Smith, M S ^a   Terblanche, M ^a   Mollentze, F ^a   Pretorius, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RACE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0030095913     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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