Seroprevalence of human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) in Saudi Arabia

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 305-309

  Arif, M ^a   Ramia, S ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MIGRANT WORKER; SAUDI ARABIA; SCREENING; SEROPREVALENCE;

HTLV; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0031981325     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1998.11813294     Document Type: Article

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