Prevalence of HTLV-I and HTLV-II infections among HIV-1-infected asymptomatic individuals in São Paulo, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 213-215

  Casseb, Jorge ^a,d   Caterino De Araujo, Adele ^b   Hong, Marisa A ^d   Salomão, Simone ^d   Gallo, Dana ^c   Michael Hendry, R ^c   Duarte, Alberto J S ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE INFECTOLOGIA EMÍLIO RIBAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^c VIRAL AND RICKETTSIAL DISEASE LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

HIV 1; HTLV I; HTLV II; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HIV-1; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HTLV-II INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031175051     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46651997000400006     Document Type: Article

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