African enigma: Key player in human immunodeficiency virus pathogenesis in developing countries?

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 864-866

  Clerici, M ^a   Declich, S ^a   Rizzardini, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AFRICA; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS;

EID: 0034834366     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.8.5.864-866.2001     Document Type: Note

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