A seroepidemiological survey of HTLV-I/II carriers in the Puna jujeña;Estudio seroepidemiológico de portadores de HTLV-I/II en la Puna jujeña

Medicina

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 717-720

  Dipierri, Jose Edgardo ^c   Tajima, Katzuo ^a   Robirosa, Luis Cartier ^b   Sonoda, Shunro ^c  

^a AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c NONE

Author keywords

HTLV I II; Puna juje a; Seroepidemiology

Indexed keywords

HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD BANK; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; BLOOD BANKS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARRIER STATE; FEMALE; HTLV-I ANTIBODIES; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HTLV-II ANTIBODIES; HTLV-II INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0033290943     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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