Short report: Seroprevalence of retroviral infections among pregnant women in Martinique (French West Indies)

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 598-599

  Mansuy, Jean Michel ^a   Schlegel, Laurent ^b   Villeneuve, Laurent ^b   Mengelle, Catherine ^a   Magnaval, Jean François ^a  

^a CHU PURPAN   (France)

^b Lab Départemental d'Hyg   (Martinique)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARTINIQUE; RETROVIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

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

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIV; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HTLV-I ANTIBODIES; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; MARTINIQUE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0033212516     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.61.598     Document Type: Article

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