Longstanding presence of HIV-2 infection in Guinea-Bissau (West Africa)

Acta Tropica

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 119-124

  Piedade, João ^a   Venenno, Teresa ^a   Prieto, Emília ^a   Albuquerque, Rita ^a,b   Esteves, Aida ^a   Parreira, Ricardo ^a   Canas Ferreira, Wanda F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b Univ N   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Guinea Bissau; HIV 2; West Africa

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; REGIONAL PATTERN;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROPREVALENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-2; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

GUINEA-BISSAU;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0034684061     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(00)00096-6     Document Type: Article

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