High prevalence of antibodies to Mycoplasma penetrans in human immunodeficiency virus-seronegative and -seropositive populations in Brazzaville, Congo

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 787-788

  Tuppin, Philippe ^a,e   Delamare, Olivier ^b   Launay, Valérie ^c   Gueguen, Monique ^b   Samba, Marie Christine ^d   Pambou, Leopold ^b   Montagnier, Luc ^c   Grau, Odile ^c  

^a Institut Pasteur   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Brazzaville   (Congo)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d Hôpital de Makelekele   (Congo)

^e Etablissement Francais des Greffes   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; CONGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030779774     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.4.6.787-788.1997     Document Type: Short Survey

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