Heterosexual transmission of HTLV-I: Epidemiological aspects

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 4-8

  Figueroa, J P ^a  

^a Ministry of Health   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; CARIBBEAN REGION; CHILD; FEMALE; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030103443     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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